Butts v. Dickinson
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from an order made by the county judge in proceedings supplementary to execution upon a justice’s judgment for less than twenty-five dollars.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.*—Knox, J.
—The question to be decided involves the construction of section 292 of the Code, and is: “ Can supplementary proceedings be instituted upon a judgment recovered in a justice’s court for less than $25, when a transcript of that judgment has been filed, and execution issued and returned unsatisfied in whole or in part ?” Previous to the decision of the county judge of Monroe, in Candee a. Gundelsheimer (17 How. Pr., 434; S. C., 8 Abbotts’ Pr., 435), the profession were, I think, almost unanimously of the opinion that these proceedings were authorized only where an…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Dix v. BriggsNew York Court of Chancery · 1842
- Conway v. HitchinsNew York Supreme Court · 1850
- Vulte v. WhiteheadNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1860
- Candee v. Gundelsheimer, New York County Courts1859
3Cited by2 opinions
- Mede v. MeyerCity of New York Municipal Court · 1907
- Wolf v. JordanNew York Supreme Court · 1880