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3 Misc. 559

Luedeke v. Coursen

City of New York Municipal Court · decided 1893-05-15

<p>Appeal from order made in supplementary proceedings adjudging the defendant in contempt, and fining him $326.58 and $30 costs.</p>

Relies on The Erie Railway Company v. . Ramsey · Moffat v. . Herman · Clark v. . Bininger

Decided 1893-05-15

Ehrlich, Ch. J.

¶1Where no actual loss or injury is produced by the disobedience to an order in supplementary proceedings, the fine imposed cannot exceed $250 and costs. Code, § 2284. If actual loss or injury is produced, the amount thereof must be based upon legal proof of the damage actually sustained. Moffat v. Herman, 116 N. Y. 135 ; Sudlow v. Know, 7 Abb. (N. S.) 411; De Jonge v. Brenneman, 23 Hun, 332; Clark v. Bininger, 75 N. Y. 344; King v. Flynn, 37 Hun, 329; Gallagher v. O'Neil, 21 N. Y. St. Repr. 163. Ho such assessment of damages appears by the appeal book, and the order appealed from must, therefore, be modified by reducing the fine to the statutory limit, $250 and -$30 costs, and, as modified, the order appealed from will be affirmed, without costs. See De Jonge v. Brenneman, 23 Hun, 332 ; Erie R. R. Co. v. Ramsey, 45 N. Y. 637.

¶2Mewburger, J., concurs.

¶3Ordered accordingly.

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