In re McLaughlin

Levy, J.:

Petitioner, receiver of taxes of the.city of New York, seeks to vacate a subpoena issued by David Hirshfield, as commissioner of accounts of the city of New York, and to vacate a writ of attachment issued by reason of his failure to obey the subpoena. He argues that the commissioner of accounts has been deprived by a recent amendment of the Civil Practice Act (Laws of 1924, chap. 216) of the power of compelling the attendance of witnesses; that the local law passed to give him this power is invalid, and even if it is valid that David Hirshfield has not properly qualified for his…