Palmer v. Mayor of New York
The Superior Court of New York City
(Affirmed at general term by Duer, Bosworth, and Emmet, J.J. March 12, 1853.)* This was a motion for an attachment against Oscar W. Sturtevant, one of the aldermen of the city, for an alleged contempt of the court, by his voluntary breach of an injunction directed to the defendants. There were similar motions against other members of the Common Council, noticed for the same day, hut that against Aider-man Sturtevant was first and separately heard.
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(Affirmed at general term by Duer, Bosworth, and Emmet, J.J. March 12, 1853.)* This was a motion for an attachment against Oscar W. Sturtevant, one of the aldermen of the city, for an alleged contempt of the court, by his voluntary breach of an injunction directed to the defendants. There were similar motions against other members of the Common Council, noticed for the same day, hut that against Aider-man Sturtevant was first and separately heard. The motion was founded on-the complaint, injunction, and affidavits, and was resisted upon affidavits, on the part of the Common Council and its…
1Opinion of the CourtBy the Court. Duer, J.
A motion has been made in this case for an attachment against Oscar W. Sturtevant, one of the aldermen of this city, for an alleged contempt of the authority of this court, by an act of positive disobedience to its lawful . process.
*479The material facts that have given rise to the motion, and upon which its determination, in a measure, rests, I shall endeavor to state in few words.
On the 27th of December last, the plaintiffs, in their own right, and on behalf of all others, the tax-paying inhabitants of this city, exhibited their complaint, duly verified, to our associate, Hr. Justice Campbell,…
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