Burns v. Newman
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtCohn, J.
Defendant was taken into custody under a civil order of arrest obtained ex parte and based upon an affidavit of plaintiff and a summons and verified complaint. In her pleading, plaintiff alleged that after defendant had promised to marry her, she was induced to transfer to defendant $18,500 upon false representations made by him that the money was to be invested in a business venture.
Thereafter defendant moved at Special Term to vacate the order upon affidavits which purported to show that plaintiff had withdrawn the sum of $20,000 from a stock brokerage account owned by defendant and over…
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