Burnham v. Denike
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by Emil Mesnier, the purchaser at a partition sale, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Kings County Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 1st day of March, 1900, adjudging the said appellant to be in contempt of court, in having wrongfully disobeyed an order made in the above-entitled action, and entered in said clerk’s office on the 1st day of December, 1899.
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J.:
This appeal is from an order adjudging the appellant, Emil Mesnier, to be in contempt of court for non-coinpliance with an order directing him to complete a purchase of property bid in by him at a referee’s sale, held in pursuance of a judgment rendered in the above-entitled action. The proceeding is taken under subdivision 3 of section 14 of the Code of Civil Procedure, and is governed by sections 2281, 2283, 2284 and 2285 of the Code. While there is no *408doubt of the power of the court to punish as for a contempt the refusal of Mr. Mesnier to complete his purchase, we are of the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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- People ex rel. Post v. GrantThe Superior Court of the City of New York and Buffalo · 1888
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- Mesnier v. DenikeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
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