Maisner v. Maisner
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Emil Maisner, from an order of the ■ Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 20th day of May, 1901, granting the plaintiff’s motion to punish the defendant for contempt of court in failing to pay alimony.
1Opinion of the Court
Patterson, J.:
By the order from which this appeal is taken the defendant was adjudged to be in contempt for a failure to pay to the plaintiff a sum of money awarded to her as alimony and for her support and maintenance under a judgment of the Supreme Court of the State of New York entered in the county clerk’s office on August 10, 1898. In and by such order it was adjudged that the failure" and neglect of the defendant to pay such alimony was calculated to and actually did defeat, impair, impede and prejudice the rights and remedies of "the plaintiff, and it was ordered that he be imprisoned…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Wetmore v. . WetmoreNew York Court of Appeals · 1896
- Romaine v. . ChaunceyNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
- In re LachemeyerDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1878
3Cited by2 opinions
- Faversham v. FavershamAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1914
- Hayes v. HayesNew York Supreme Court · 1911