S. S. & B. Live Poultry Corp. v. Fleischer

Where a proceeding is to punish a judgment debtor for his failure to obey an order made pursuant to section 793 of the Civil Practice Act, the actual loss or injury to the judgment creditor is the amount due at the time of the hearing of the motion. And this amount is the limit of the fine that may be imposed pursuant to the provisions of section 773 of the Judiciary Law. (Matter of Williamson v. Drogaris, 248 App. Div. 627, and cases there cited.)

At the time the pending motion to punish the judgment debtor for his failure to obey the order made herein pursuant to section 793 of the Civil…