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19 Misc. 437

Hartwig v. Everett

City of New York Municipal Court

Decided February 15, 1897

City of New York Municipal Court · decided 1897-02-15

<p>Appeal — Decision on conflicting evidence.</p> <p>The decision of the Special Term of a disputed question of fact, if justified by the proofs, will not be disturbed on appeal.</p>

Decided 1897-02-15

Vaw Wtok, Oh. J.

¶1The defendants moved to set aside service of summons on the ground that plaintiffs had enticed them into the jurisdiction by fraud and deceit for the purpose of making such service upon them and they appeal from the. order denying this motion. The rule is well settled that if a defendant be brought within the jurisdiction of the court by any fraud or deceit, the service of process upon him will be set aside. However, in this case the question whether or not the defendants had been enticed into the jurisdiction by plaintiffs’ deceit was in dispute. This disputed question of fact was decided in favor of *438plaintiffs by the denial of defendants’ motion, and this determination' of that question by the court at Special Term is justified ' by the proofs and will not be disturbed.'

¶2Order affirmed, with costs.

¶3Scotchman, J., concurs.

¶4Order affirmed, with qosts.

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