Stanley v. Stanley
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the -defendant, James William Stanley, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Ulster Special Term and entered in the'office of the clerk of the -county of Ulster on the 7 th day of' June,. 1906, granting the plaintiff’s motion to punish the defendant for contempt in failing to pay alimony. ■
1Per curiam
By section 1773 of the Code of Civil Procedure this proceeding for contempt is specifically authorized in enforcement of a judgment ■directing the payment.of alimony. ' The case is, therefore., taken out .of the, rule -as to actions'generally prescribed by section 1241 of the Code, .This section, 1773,,was first inserted in our law in 1880, when the second part of the Code of Civil Procedure took effect. (See Laws of 1880, chap, .178.) When the case of Park v. Park (80 N. Y. 156) arose, therefore, there was no such specific provision . of law applicable to these actions. The case of Mercer v.…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Park v. . ParkNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
- Mercer v. MercerNew York Supreme Court · 1893
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- Weich v. WeichNew York Supreme Court · 1908
- Dikeman v. DikemanNew York Supreme Court · 1919
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