N.Y. Debtor & Creditor Law § 176: Reward to informers

§ 176. Reward to informers. Any person who shall discover to the

trustees any secreted effects, property or things in action, belonging

to such debtor, so that they shall be recovered by them, shall be

entitled to ten dollars on the hundred dollars, and at that rate, on the

value of the effects so discovered, to be paid by the trustees, out of

the estate of such debtor; but this section shall not extend to persons

who have such property, effects or things, in their own possession.