In re Searls
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by Whittlesey D. Searls from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term, bearing date the 28th day of July, 1897, and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York, granting the motion of the Lake Street Elevated Railroad Company to punish the appellant for a failure to answer certain questions propounded to him.
1Opinion of the Court
Rumsey, J.:
In the month of April, 1897, there was begun, in the Circuit Court of Cook county, of the State of Illinois, an action at law, in which the Lake Street Elevated Railroad Company was plaintiff, and the Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company and several individuals were defendants, to recover damages. The action was put at issue upon the facts by the service of a plea by one of the defendants against whom damages were sought to be recovered. After it was at issue, a commission was issued out of that court, directed to a certain person named in the commission, “ or to any * * * notary…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- The People Ex Rel. v. . NostrandNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
- People ex rel. Hanford v. ThayerNew York Supreme Court · 1895
- In re Application of United States Pipe Line Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897