Pierson v. Fries
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal from an order adjudging defendant guilty of contempt of court for failure to pay an order, in supplementary proceedings, commanding him to appear before a referee and be examined concerning his property.
1Opinion of the CourtHatch, J.
The present appeal challenges the constitutionality of act by city court jurisdiction to make the order appealed from. This court was created by act of the legislature (Laws 1892, c. 182) as a local and inferior court, in virtue of the power conferred by section 19, art. 6, of the constitution in force when the act was passed, which authorized the legislature to establish inferior local courts of civil and criminal jurisdiction. The acts provides that the court shall have no jurisdiction of an action unless one of the parties thereto reside in the city of Mt. Vernon. Section 60 reads:
“The…
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