Houk v. Van Horn
New York Supreme Court
Motion to compel the Citizens Commercial Trust Company of the city of Buffalo to pay to the sheriff of Erie county the sum of $4,500, or in default thereof to be punished for a contempt of court.
1Opinion of the CourtBissell, J.
This is a motion on return of an order directed to the defendants, William D. Van Horn and *264the -Citizens Commercial Trust Company of Buffalo, t» show cause why the latter should not be directed 1o pay to the sheriff of Erie county the sum of $4,500, or in default thereof to be punished for contempt of court. The action was begun by the issuance of an attachment against the property of the defendant and due service thereof was made by the sheriff on the Citizens Commercial Trust Company, which at that time held 14 bonds of the McCue Company, property of the defendant, as collateral security to…