Schwartz v. Sill
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal by the defendant from an order of the City Court of the city of New York, granting plaintiff’s motion for reargument on a motion to punish for contempt.
1Opinion of the CourtSeabury, J.
Without detailing the numerous steps which have been taken in this proceeding, it is sufficient to point out that the only question which we deem it necessary to discuss is whether the order of the court below increasing the fine imposed upon the defendant for contempt from $50 to $410 is authorized.
On April 3, 1913, the defendant failed to appear in response to an order for examination in proceedings supplementary to execution which had been duly served upon him. On October 3, 1913, the plaintiff obtained an order to show cause why the defendant should not be punished for contempt because of…
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