New York Supreme Court, 1804

Kirby v. Cogswell

Kirby v. Cogswell
New York Supreme Court · Decided February 15, 1804
1 Cai. Cas. 505; 1 Cole. & Cai. Cas. 320
Kirby v. Cogswell

Opinion of the Court

Per curiam,

The queftion is, as to the operation of a certificate of probable caufe to ftay proceedings. The 4th rule of January, 1799, fettles, that, at the time of fervice of the order, it muft be accompanied with a notice of motion. The right of the oppofite party to notice for argument, does not take away the neceility of notice, for the mere certificate it-

*507felf is no flay. The defendant, therefore, can take nothing

by his motion, and mv.it pay the coils of the prefent appli-

cation.

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