Stevens v. Dewey
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Sturges Dewey, 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 11th day of December, 1896, committing him to the county jail for contempt of court.
1Opinion of the Court
Rumsey, J.:
On the 13th of June, 1896, one of the justices of this court granted an order in supplementary proceedings for the examination of the defendant as a judgment debtor. -The order contained the usual injunction forbidding the judgment debtor from making any transfer or disposition of his property, or in any manner interfering therewith, until the further order of the court. It was duly served and the examination'was had. At the time of the service of the order, the defendant was the owner of a lease of certain premises which he had rented to sub-tenants. The rent,which became-due from…
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