Oakley v. Cokalete
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by David W. Travis, the defendant’s attorney, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the. Kings County Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Westchester on the 27th day of January, 1897, adjudging him guilty of a contempt of court and imposing upon him a fine of $100.
1Opinion of the Court
Willard Bartlett, J.:
This case was before the Appellate Division in October, 1896, and a judgment in favor of the plaintiff was reversed. (Oakley v. Cokalete, 9 App. Div. 624.) After the reversal, and on the 5th day of December, 1896, the defendant’s attorney noticed the cause for trial at a Special Term appointed to be held at White Plains, in the county of Westchester, on the 19th day of December, 1896. The plaintiff appears to have taken no steps in the action until December 17, 1896, when he procured from Mr. Justice Gaynor an order, returnable at White Plains on January'2,1897, requiring…
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