People v. Callahan
New York Court of Common Pleas
Application for a mandamus to John Callahan, the justice of the First Judicial District Court, in the city of New York, to compel him to enter in his judgment in the case of Jesse B. Ooles v. John Hannegan the statement that the defendant, Hannegan, was subject to arrest and imprisonment. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJoseph F. Daly, J.
Coles sued Hannegan in the District Court upon a claim for goods sold and delivered. The action was commenced by a warrant of arrest upon the ground that the debt was fraudulently contracted. The defendant was arrested and brought into court; no motion was made.to discharge the warrant; issue was joined as to the debt and judgment rendered in favor of the plaintiff for •■$180, the amount of the claim, and $17 50 costs; the plaintiff asked the justice to state in the judgment and enter in the docket that the judgment was one wherein the defendant was subject to arrest and imprisonment, which…
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- Carpenter v. WillettNew York Court of Appeals · 1864
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