CHANCER v. CHANCER


308 N.Y. 204 (1954)

Alice Chancer, Appellant, v. Louis Chancer, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 31, 1954


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidney Rothenberg and Charles Rothenberg for appellant.

Emil K. Ellis for respondent.

LEWIS, Ch. J., CONWAY, DESMOND, DYE and FULD, JJ., concur with VAN VOORHIS, J.; FROESSEL, J., dissents in a memorandum.


VAN VOORHIS, J.

This appeal concerns the disposition of $1,000 cash bail posted to lift an order of civil arrest, which Special Term directed to be applied in partial satisfaction of a money judgment obtained by wife against husband for accrued temporary alimony in a separation action. The Appellate Division reversed (282 App. Div. 561), holding that this money had to be paid to defendant, inasmuch as he in no...

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