Messonier v. Kauman
New York Court of Chancery
AN appeal to the court for the trial of impeachments and the correction of errors, from the decree lately pro* nounced in this case, (a) having been filed.
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor.
It is very just and reasonable that the motion should be granted. The decree, in this case, is for a large sum of money due to the plaintiff; and as the defendant is not held to bail in this court, and as the decree is not like a judgment at law, a lien on hand until *67seizure, it is necessary, and is loudly demanded by justice, that the plaintiff should have some security for his demand, pending the appeal. It appeared, from the pleadings and proofs, that the defendant was himself a foreign er; a more reasonable case for security cannot well be conceived. There is nothing, at…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Green v. WinterNew York Court of Chancery · 1814
- Bradwell v. WeeksNew York Court of Chancery · 1814
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