Bank of N. York v. Stryker

Riker, Recorder.

There is no doubt that the-law has confided to the Courts of Justice an authority over its of-

The law seems to Have supposed that the Court alone ought to be entrusted with this high and delicate power. The Court directs, at pleasure, its ministerial agents. The high sheriff of the County, the coroner, the constables, and marshals, are all under the control of the Court. is right. This control must be placed somewhere, it cannot be placed anywhere so fitly as in the Court w^ere proceedings are had. Courts of Justice are governed by law. The law does not fluctuate, it is…