In re Patton
New York Court of Common Pleas
Application by William L. Patton, an imprisoned judgment debtor, for discharge from imprisonment. Denied.
1Opinion of the CourtGrlEG-ERICH, J.
It is essential to the jurisdiction of the court, in proceedings for the discharge of an imprisoned judgment debtor from imprisonment, that the papers upon which the application is founded should conform with exactness to the provisions of the statute. People v. Bancker, 5 N. Y. 106; People v. Brooks, 40 How. Pr. 165; Bullymore v. Cooper, 46 N. Y. 236; Shaffer v. Riseley, 114 N. Y. 23, 20 N. E. 630; Bish. Insolv. (2d Ed.) p. 87. The Code requires that the petitioner must annex to his petition, and present therewith, “a schedule containing a just and true account of all his property, and of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Bullymore v. . CooperNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
- Shaffer v. . RiseleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
- People Ex Rel. Harlow v. BanckerNew York Court of Appeals · 1851
- People ex rel. Galsten v. BrooksNew York Supreme Court · 1869