Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1926

Thomas v. Gifford

Thomas v. Gifford
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided June 15, 1926
217 A.D. 756
Thomas v. Gifford

Opinion of the Court

Order granting judgment creditor’s motion adjudging judgment debtor in contempt reversed upon the law, without costs, and motion denied, without costs. We think that under the provisions of Civil Practice Act (§ 778, as amd. by Laws of 1923, chap. 384, effective Sept. 1, 1923) the proceedings supplementary to execution based upon a Municipal Court judgment, with execution issued to a city marshal, should have been instituted before one of the county judges of Kings county, the county in which the Municipal Court district was located. Kelly, P. J., Jaycox, Manning, Young and Kapper, JJ., concur.

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