Wright v. Duffie
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal from a judgment of the District Court of the City of Hew York, for -the eighth judicial district, rendered in favor of the plaintiffs.
1Opinion of the CourtBeekman, P. J.
The plaintiffs have sued the defendant for conversion, and judgment has been awarded in their favor against him for the full amount claimed. A judgment in such a case carries with it the right to an execution against the body, and the trial justice has accordingly stated in the judgment, as he was required to do in such a case by section 1386 of the Hew York City Consolidation Act, that an execution against the body of the defendant is allowed. As no previous order of arrest had been obtained and executed, it is thus manifest that the judgment was placed upon the ground that a case of…
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