Fromme v. Gray
New York Court of Common Pleas
Appeal from city court, general term. Action by Herman Fromme and Abraham Fromme against William E. Gray and another. From an order of the city court affirming an order adjudging defendant William E. Gray guilty of contempt of court, and fining him $2,154.13, and condemning him to close custody until he shall pay the said sum, with interest and costs, said William E. Gray appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtPryor, J.
Failing to secure satisfaction of a judgment by the ordinary processes, plaintiffs seek to enforce it by proceeding as for a contempt committed by the defendant in interposing a false answer in the action; and the question for determination is whether, for perjury in verifying a pleading, a party be guilty of contempt of court. The proceeding is obviously as a civil remedy (People v. Court of Oyer & Terminer, 101 N. Y. 245, 247, 4 N. E. 259); and it purports to go upon subdivision 2, § 14, of the Code, which denounces as a contempt “any deceit or abuse of a mandate or proceeding of the…
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