Supreme Court Justice Julius Miller today was scheduled to hear a motion by Samuel Lovett, counsel for Samuel Selkowitz, who is the defendant in an injunction action brought against him by Lieber Grill, president of the Clinton Street Synagogue, for postponement. Grill filed notice of motion with Justice Miller asking that Selkowitz be restrained from acting as secretary of the congregation.
Selkowitz, an accountant in the employment of the state, is out of town.
The action follows a series of communications between Lovett and attorneys for Grill, the subject of which is a dispute over the question of the congregation’s account books.
Grill claimed that the secretary had withheld the accounts from him and from other officers of the synagogue. Selkowitz contended that indebtedness of Grill and the other officers of the congregation invalidate them as officers. He declared the offices vacant.
A series of actions were instituted by both Grill and Selkowitz. A week ago Justice Miller denied a motion of Grill to oust Selkowitz from the synagogue and to force him to submit the books. Selkowitz called the action of the rival officers “shameful and indecent.”
The matter was brought this week to the attention of the American Arbitration Association, but the new action taken by Grill halted the proceedings.
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