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p. 180Jules-Wallace & Co., Inc., Appellant, v. R. A. Management, Inc., Respondent. Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department, June 15, 1933.
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Leonard Biel, for the appellant.
Lynn G. Goodnough [Morris P. Glushein of counsel], for the respondent.
Under the authorities it would seem that the validity of the assignment herein is to be tested as of the date when the power of attorney was executed. (Thompson v. Erie R. R. Co., 207 N. Y. 171 ; Thompson v. Gimbel Bros., 71 Misc. 126 ; affd., 145 App. Div. 436 ; affd., 207 N. Y. 659 .) So tested the assignment is void as against public policy or at least not enforcible in an action at law against the employer, for the reason that it is an assignment of wages under a contract for employment not then existing. (Cooper v. Douglass, 44 Barb. 409 ; Williston Cont. § 414; Restatement, Contracts, § 154, subd. 2.)
Judgment affirmed, with twenty-five dollars costs.
All concur; present, Lydon, Callahan and Frankenthaler, JJ.
Cases cited
- Thompson v. Erie Railroad 207 N. Y. 171 p. 181
- Thompson v. Gimbel Bros. 71 Misc. 126 p. 181
- New York Produce Exchange Bank v. Twelfth Ward Bank 207 N. Y. 659 p. 181
- Cooper v. Douglass 44 Barb. 409 p. 181