Groshut v. Kinetophote Corp.
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal from an order denying the motion of the plaintiff, judgment creditor, to punish the above-named defendant and judgment debtor, and William Carlyle Herbert, one of its officers, as and for a contempt of court.
1Per curiam
The judgment debtor has wilfully disregarded an order for his examination made in supplementary proceedings, on the ground that the original order was void. He did not see fit to make any motion to vacate the order but assumed for himself to decide that the court had no jurisdiction to make the order. The court was therefore bound to punish him for his contempt unless the original order was absolutely void. The affidavit upon which this order was made states that the execution was issued to the “ Sheriff of the County of New York where said judgment debtor then had its principal place of…
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