Ford v. Ford
The Superior Court of New York City
Motion for an attachment. This was a motion upon an order to show cause why an attachment should not issue against the plaintiff, Frederick W. Ford, for contempt, in disobeying an order for the payment of temporary alimony. In November, 1870, an order was made, requiring the plaintiff to pay a sum specified in the order, to the defendant, Mary Ellen Ford, for her support during the pendency of an action for a divorce.
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Motion for an attachment. This was a motion upon an order to show cause why an attachment should not issue against the plaintiff, Frederick W. Ford, for contempt, in disobeying an order for the payment of temporary alimony. In November, 1870, an order was made, requiring the plaintiff to pay a sum specified in the order, to the defendant, Mary Ellen Ford, for her support during the pendency of an action for a divorce. The order was served on the defendant, and payment of the sum mentioned in the order demanded. On his neglecting to pay, the order to show cause was made.
1Opinion of the CourtMonell, J.
The Revised Statutes (2 Rev. Stat., 534, § 1), provide that every court of record shall have power to punish, by fine and imprisonment, or either, any neglect or violation of duty, or any misconduct by which the rights or remedies of a party in a cause depending in such court may be defeated, impaired, impeded or *76prejudiced, in the following, among other cases (subd. 3). Parties to suits, for the non-payment of any sum of money, ordered by such court to be paid, in cases where, by law, execution cannot be awarded for the collection thereof; or for any other disobedience of any lawful order,…
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