New York Court of Chancery, 1841

Fobes v. Meeker

Fobes v. Meeker
New York Court of Chancery · Decided January 25, 1841
3 Edw. Ch. 452; 1841 N.Y. LEXIS 482; 1841 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 21
Fobes v. Meeker

Opinion of the Court

The Vice-Chancellor

decided, that the master should express his opinion upon the propriety of the questions objected to and require the defendant to answer such of them as were proper; and then if he refused and did not appeal from the master’s decision, the proper.course was to move for an attachment ; but that it was not correct to move for an attachment *453against a party or a witness where it did not appear that the master had decided upon the question and required it to be answered.

Mr. Silliman, for the motion.

Mr. Charles Edwards, contra.

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