In re Buffalo Orphan Asylum
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from special term, Erie county. Application of Feodora Karowney for an order for the examination of the records of the. Buffalo Orphan Asylum. From an order vacating an order requiring the defendant orphan asylum to allow the examination of its records, Feodora Karowney appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBradley, J.
The order requiring the asylum to give to the petitioner complete extracts from its records concerning her child was made by the court upon her ex parte application. This was within the power of the court, and the order must be deemed to have been regularly made. But upon the application of the asylum the court, in the exercise of its discretion, made an order requiring the petitioner to show cause why the first-mentioned order should not be vacated. In view of the facts presented, the court thereupon concluded that the case was one in which a hearing should be had upon the merits. The order…
2Cited by1 opinion
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