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2 How. Pr. 119

Sayer v. MacDonald

City of New York Municipal Court

Decided July 15, 1885

City of New York Municipal Court · decided 1885-07-15

This was an appeal from an order denying a motion to vacate order for examination of judgment debtor in proceedings supplementary to execution, on the grounds that the affidavit on which said order was obtained did not state that the city court is a court of record, that no previous application for an order to examine judgment debtor had been made* in the action, and that the judgment was rendered upon the judgment debtor’s appearance or personal service of the summons upon…

Decided 1885-07-15

McAdam, C. J.

¶1The affidavit proves a judgment recovered in the city court, and it was not necessary to allege that the city court is a court of record. The Code supplies proof of that fact. It was not necessary to allege that no previous application had been made for the order (Shank agt. Conover, *12056 How. Pr., 437). The only other point made by the appellant is that the affidavit does not allege that the judgment was recovered upon the personal service of the summons on the defendant or on his appearance (Code, sec. 2458). The Code is silent as to how this fact is to be established when called in question, and the inference is that the judgment-roll, which proves itself, is the evidence to which resort must be had.

¶2The judgment on which the plaintiffs found their supplementary proceedings was, as before remarked, recovered in the city court, which on inspection proves “ that the summons was personally served on the defendant on the 12th of August, 1884, at 1556 Third avenue, in the city of New York.” The judgment-roll on file proves the requirements of section 2458 (supra) in regard to personal service. The roll is referred to in the affidavit, and may be inspected to sustain the order. We are of the opinion, therefore, that the order appealed from should be affirmed, with costs.

¶3Nehrbas and Hyatt, JJ., concurred.

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