Poskanzer v. Bullock

101 Misc. 590 | N.Y. Sup. Ct. | 1917

Chester, J.

The defendant Florence I. Eeynolds by this motion seeks to require the plaintiff, as the trustee in bankruptcy of her estate, to give security for costs under subdivision 4 of section 3268 of the Code of Civil Procedure. That subdivision authorizes the defendant to require security for costs where the plaintiff was, when the action was commenced, the official assignee or official trustee of a debtor or an assignee in bankruptcy where the action is brought upon “ a cause of action, arising before the assignment, the appointment of the trustee, or the adjudication in bankruptcy.”

The cause of action stated in the complaint is for moneys alleged to be payable to said defendant Reynolds on the 1st day of January, 1917, by the defendant Bullock, as trustee for her under the will of Mathew Bender, being the share of the income from the estate of said Bender which she claims she was entitled to on that date.

The plaintiff was appointed trustee in bankruptcy of her estate on April 27,1917. Taking the allegations of the complaint as true, the defendant Reynolds could have brought an action against Bullock as her trustee under the Bender will for the recovery of those moneys at any time after January 1, 1917, and before the appointment of the plaintiff as trustee in bankruptcy. In other words, the cause of action was one arising before the plaintiff’s appointment as trustee.

The case is therefore one covered by the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure referred to and the defendant under the provision has the right to require the plaintiff to give security for costs.

Motion granted, without costs.