Schreiber v. Keller Mechanical Engraving Co.

Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York

Schreiber v. Keller Mechanical Engraving Co.

108 N.Y.S. 658

CourtAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York

DecidedFebruary 7, 1908

StatusPublished

Cited by2 cases

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Schreiber v. Keller Mechanical Engraving Co., 108 N.Y.S. 658 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1908).

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SEABURY, J.

This judgment must be reversed, because the plaintiff failed to establish any liability to him on the part of the defendant. The plaintiff is the administrator of Adolph Schreiber. Warman was indebted to Adolph Schreiber in the sum of $380. Warman was an officer of the defendant company, from which he drew a weekly salary of $35, and to which he was indebted in a sum in excess of $380. On July 35, 1907, Warman wrote the defendant as follows:

“Keller Mechanical Engraving Co., City: Please pay to the order of Adolph Schreiber ten dollars ($10) each week from my salary, the sum of ($280) two-hundred and eighty dollars, or not exceeding twe'nty-eight weeks.”

On July 35, 1907, in reply to this letter, the defendant wrote as follows :

“W. A. Warman—Dear Sir: We have yoúr letter of the 25th instructing us to pay ten dollars ($10) each week from your salary, to the amount of and not exceeding two hundred and eighty ($280), to Adolph Schreiber. Your request will be complied with.”

On July 38, 1907, the defendant drew its check for $10 to the order of Warman, who indorsed and delivered it to Schreiber. On August 4, 1907, the defendant drew its check for $10 to the order of Schreiber and delivered it to him. On August 11, 1907, Warman revoked the order which he had given to the defendant, and no further payments were made to Schreiber. The trial justice excluded evidence of this revocation, and awarded judgment against the defendant and in favor of the plaintiff for $360.

There is no legal basis upon which this judgment can be sustained. The defendant was not indebted to Schreiber, nor had it made any agreement of any character with him. As the employer of Warman, [659]*659the defendant disposed of the salary due Warman in the manner directed by him. Nor can the judgment be sustained upon the theory that the original order of Warman to the defendant was an equitable assignment of $10 per week from Warman’s salary. The order did not appropriate any fund to the use of Schreiber, nor was the order delivered to him, nor was there any amount then due from the defendant to Warman, which could b.e applied in executing the order after it had been revoked by Warman. The order which Warman wrote was a mere direction, revocable by him at will. Kelly v. Roberts, 40 N. Y. 432, 441; Ætna National Bank v. Fourth National Bank, 46 N. Y. 82, 92, 7 Am. Rep. 314_

_ The judgment is reversed, and a new trial ordered, with costs to the appellant to abide the event. All concur.

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SEABURY, J.

This judgment must be reversed, because the plaintiff failed to establish any liability to him on the part of the defendant. The plaintiff is the administrator of Adolph Schreiber. Warman was indebted to Adolph Schreiber in the sum of $380. Warman was an officer of the defendant company, from which he drew a weekly salary of $35, and to which he was indebted in a sum in excess of $380. On July 35, 1907, Warman wrote the defendant as follows:

“Keller Mechanical Engraving Co., City: Please pay to the order of Adolph Schreiber ten dollars ($10) each week from my salary, the sum of ($280) two-hundred and eighty dollars, or not exceeding twe'nty-eight weeks.”

On July 35, 1907, in reply to this letter, the defendant wrote as follows :

“W. A. Warman—Dear Sir: We have yoúr letter of the 25th instructing us to pay ten dollars ($10) each week from your salary, to the amount of and not exceeding two hundred and eighty ($280), to Adolph Schreiber. Your request will be complied with.”

On July 38, 1907, the defendant drew its check for $10 to the order of Warman, who indorsed and delivered it to Schreiber. On August 4, 1907, the defendant drew its check for $10 to the order of Schreiber and delivered it to him. On August 11, 1907, Warman revoked the order which he had given to the defendant, and no further payments were made to Schreiber. The trial justice excluded evidence of this revocation, and awarded judgment against the defendant and in favor of the plaintiff for $360.

There is no legal basis upon which this judgment can be sustained. The defendant was not indebted to Schreiber, nor had it made any agreement of any character with him. As the employer of Warman, [659]*659the defendant disposed of the salary due Warman in the manner directed by him. Nor can the judgment be sustained upon the theory that the original order of Warman to the defendant was an equitable assignment of $10 per week from Warman’s salary. The order did not appropriate any fund to the use of Schreiber, nor was the order delivered to him, nor was there any amount then due from the defendant to Warman, which could b.e applied in executing the order after it had been revoked by Warman. The order which Warman wrote was a mere direction, revocable by him at will. Kelly v. Roberts, 40 N. Y. 432, 441; Ætna National Bank v. Fourth National Bank, 46 N. Y. 82, 92, 7 Am. Rep. 314_

_ The judgment is reversed, and a new trial ordered, with costs to the appellant to abide the event. All concur.

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