Petersen v. Mayor of Jersey City

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Trenchard, J.

On December 12th, 1906, the plaintiff recovered a judgment in the District Court against Charles G. Craft, a policeman of Jersey City, for $91.33. An execution was issued thereon and returned unsatisfied.

On August 12th, 1915, the plaintiff obtained an order from the court pursuant to the act of April 12th, 1915 (Pamph. L., p. 470), directing that an execution issue against the salary, &c., of Craft to the extent of ten per centum of his salary. Such execution was duly served upon Jersey City, by whom Craft was then employed. The city…