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51 How. Pr. 172

Browning v. Abrams

New York Supreme Court

Decided April 15, 1876

New York Supreme Court · decided 1876-04-15

Motion to vacate and set aside order' of arrest. The plaintiffs, who were manufacturers of men’s clothing, gave out to the defendant, a journeyman tailor, in the month of May, 1875, 138 cassimere coats, with the usual trimmings, linings, &e., requisite and necessary to .make the same, and of the value of $700. The defendant took said goods into his possession, and failed and refused to return the same as he agreed.

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Decided 1876-04-15

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Cited by 7 later decisions — most recently February 1920

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Barrett, J.

¶1—I am satisfied as a matter of fact, that the plaintiffs did not cause the defendant to be brought here with a view to his arrest cvoiliter / their sole intent was criminal punishment. This being so, Adriance agt. Lagrave (59 N. Y. R., 110) is authority for sustaining the arrest, for there it was said—following 14 Abbt. N. S., 333 (note) —that persons bringing the party within the jurisdiction in bad faith, for the purpose of a civil arrest, should not receive any advantage from their wrongful acts; but this rule does not apply to persons not concerned in the device. It may well be assumed that the court would have added, if necessary, that the rule did not apply to the persons bringing the party on, where there was neither trick nor device, nor bad faith on their part. The test was evidently the intent.

¶2Motion denied, with ten dollars costs.

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