Matter of Dawson
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal by John W. Wilson et al., from an order of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, made January 23, 1888, which affirmed an order of Special Term, the substance of which is hereinafter stated. In June, 1885, the said appellants began an action in the Supreme Court in the first district against the petitioner Dawson, to recover damages for breach of contract, and obtained an attachment therein on the ground of defendant’s non-residence.
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Appeal by John W. Wilson et al., from an order of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, made January 23, 1888, which affirmed an order of Special Term, the substance of which is hereinafter stated. In June, 1885, the said appellants began an action in the Supreme Court in the first district against the petitioner Dawson, to recover damages for breach of contract, and obtained an attachment therein on the ground of defendant’s non-residence. This attachment was issued to Alexander V. Davidson, then sheriff of Yew York county, and in September following he…
1Opinion of the CourtEarl, J.
In June, 1885, Wilson & Knowlton commenced an action in the Supreme Court against Dawson to recover damages for breach of contract and obtained an attachment against Dawson’s property on the ground of his non-residence. The attachment was issued to Alexander Y. Davidson, then sheriff of 27ew York county, and he attached a certain debt owing from McDowell, Pierce & Co. to Dawson. Such proceedings. were thereafter taken in that action on behalf of the plaintiffs that McDowell, Pierce & Co. paid upon the debt attached, to Davidson, as sheriff, the sum of $2,316.43. Thereafter, and before…
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