Oakley v. Cokalete
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal from special term, Westchester county. Action by Mahlon B. Oakley against John S. Cokalete for an accounting between partners. From an order adjudging David W. Travis, defendant’s attorney, guilty of contempt, and imposing on him a fine of |100, said Travis appeals. Reversed.
1Opinion of the CourtWillard Bartlett, J.
This case was before the appellate division in October, 1896, and a judgment.in favor of the plaintiff was reversed. Oakley v. Cokalete, 9 App. Div. 624, 41 N. Y. Supp. 1124. After the reversal, and on the 5th day of December, 1896, the defendant’s attorney noticed the cause for trial at a special term appointed to be held at White Plains, in the county of Westchester, on the 19th day of December, 1896. The plaintiff appears to have taken no steps in the action until December 17, 1896, when he procured from Mr. Justice Gaynor an order, returnable at White Plains, on January 2, 1897, requiring…
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- Oakley v. CokaleteAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896