Greenberg v. Polansky
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Louis Polansky, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 29th day of August, 1910, adjudging the said defendant guilty of contempt of court and imposing a fine.
1Opinion of the Court
McLaughlin, J. :
The appellant, to enable him to purchase a laundry in the city of New York, borrowed $300 from the plaintiff. The laundry consisted, of certain personal property and a lease of real estate. Plaintiff claimed that Polansky, when he borrowed the money, agreed to give her as collateral security for the payment of the sum borrowed, a bill of sale of the personal property and an assignment of the lease. This he denied and she thereupon brought an action for specific performance. She was successful in the action and on the 16th of June, 1910, judgment was entered which decreed “that…
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