69 N.Y.2d 927 | NY | 1987
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.
This is an action for conversion in which plaintiff seeks to
It is evident that the stipulation preserved plaintiff’s right to litigate the conversion claim only if she asserted it at the equitable distribution phase of the divorce action. Inasmuch as she did not present it to the court at that time, the present action is barred.
Chief Judge Wachtler and Judges Simons, Kaye, Titone, Hancock, Jr., and Bellacosa concur; Judge Alexander taking no part.
Order affirmed, with costs, in a memorandum.