Kulich v. Kertacy

The challenged order directed that defendant Kertacy be held in bail, in a specified sum, “to answer unto” plaintiffs “in an action at law.” It was made under the authority of section 57 of the Practice act (3 Comp. Stat., *744p. 4069), providing, inter alia, that “upon proof by affidavit or otherwise to the satisfaction of -the court in which the action is about to be commenced or to a judge or Supreme Court commissioner, that there is a debt or demand founded upon contract, express or implied, due to the plaintiff from the defendant,” and that the defendant “fraudulently contracted the debt or…