The Erie Railway Company v. . Ramsey
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from the order of the General Term of the Supreme Court, in the first judicial district, dismissing defendant’s appeal from the order adjudging plaintiff in contempt, and ordering a reference, and modifying another order appealed from fining the defendant for such contempt, by reducing the amount of a fine from $5,325 to $260. ' This action was brought for the purpose of restraining the defendant Ramsey from further prosecuting a suit commenced by him against the Erie…
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Appeal from the order of the General Term of the Supreme Court, in the first judicial district, dismissing defendant’s appeal from the order adjudging plaintiff in contempt, and ordering a reference, and modifying another order appealed from fining the defendant for such contempt, by reducing the amount of a fine from $5,325 to $260. ' This action was brought for the purpose of restraining the defendant Ramsey from further prosecuting a suit commenced by him against the Erie Railway Company, Jay Gould, James Fisk,. Jr., eb al., in the Supreme Court in the sixth district. A temporary…
1Opinion of the CourtFolgeb, J.
The defendant, by an order of the Special Term, dated 15th February, 1870, was adjudged guilty of a contempt of court, and a reference was ordered to ascertain and report the plaintiff’s damages thereby sustained. His appeal therefrom to the General Term was by an order dated 1st November, 1870, dismissed. The Special Term, by an order dated 25th May, 1870, again adjudged him guilty of the misconduct alleged, determined the plaintiff’s damages at §5,325, imposed a fine upon the defendant to that amount, and ordered that he be committed to the common jail until that fine and the costs and…
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