People ex rel. Paul G. Mehlin & Sons Piano Co. v. Lauer

This is an application for a writ of mandamus directed to a justice of the Municipal Court in the city of New York, requiring him to sign a warrant of seizure in an action to foreclose a lien on a *439chattel. Section 138 of the Municipal Court Act provides : “ In an action to foreclose a lien upon a chattel, if the plaintiff is not in possession of the chattel, a warrant, commanding the marshal to seize the chattel, and safely keep it to abide the judgment, may be issued in like manner as a warrant of attachment may be issued, in an action founded upon a contract, and the provisions of law…