People ex rel. Osborne v. County Canvassers of Dutchess County
New York Supreme Court
Motion to punish for contempt Storm Bmans, county clerk and clerk of the county canvassers of Dutchess county, made in proceedings by Edward B. Osborne against the canvassers of said county. Denied.
1Opinion of the CourtCullen, J.
The regularity of these proceedings, taken to punish for contempt Storm Emans, county clerk and clerk of the board of canvassers, is assailed on two grounds. The first is that the order of this court was not personally served on the clerk, and this, it is claimed, is a conclusive answer to *330these proceedings. I am at a loss to discover the aspect of the facts upon which this claim is based. The affidavit of Cossum states that the respondent came into the clerk’s office a few minutes after the order was filed in that office, and read the order. This statement is not denied. This was a…
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