Moffatt v. Herman

(Reversing ante, p. 62).

March, 1886.

The decision of the City Court of New York, that the interposition of a verified answer, known by the defendant to be false, was punishable as a contempt,—reversed.

Appeal from a judgment of the general term of the city court of New York,* affirming an order of the special term, reported, ante, p. 62, adjudging defend*108ant in contempt in serving a verified answer which he knew to be false, to obtain sufficient delay to enable him to place his property beyond plaintiff’s reach, and defeat the subsequent collection of the judgment, and fining defendant the full…