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· 2/11/1999

Village of Chestnut Ridge v. Howard

Citations

  • 92 N.Y.2d 718
  • 685 N.Y.S.2d 915
  • 1999 N.Y. LEXIS 2
  • 708 N.E.2d 988

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that a debtor becomes obligated to an assignee only when “the ... debtor receives notification that the amount due or to become due has been assigned”
  • “In order for an assignment to be valid, the assignor must be divested of all control over the thing assigned.” Court reversed summary judgment due to question of fact whether assignor “continued to act as if it owned the note.”

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Judges: Ciparick

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