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57 Jones & S. 395

Lingsweiler v. Lingsweiler

The Superior Court of New York City

Decided January 6, 1890

The Superior Court of New York City · decided 1890-01-06

Appeal by judgment creditor from an order vacating an order for the examination of a third person in proceedings supplementary to execution. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion.

Decided 1890-01-06

By the Coubt.—Sedgwick, Ch. J.

¶1The judgment creditor obtained an order, under section 2441, Code Civil Procedure, for the examination of a' person averred to have in her possession property belonging to the execution debtor. The affidavits showed what *397at the time was the fact, that the execution had not been returned. Before the return-day of the order, the execution debtor, not the third person, moved that the order be vacated. The motion was granted. The ground of this disposition only appears in the recital of the order then made, as follows : “ and it now appearing that at the time of the service of copies of said affidavit and order, said execution had been returned, etc.”

¶2In my opinion, to justify superseding the original order, it was necessary to prove that after it was allowed, something had occurred which changed the rights of the parties in requiring an order different, from that allowed, or which would have called for another kind of disposition of the matter finally. The mere fact of the return of the execution would not have called for another kind of order or for another kind of exercise of the power of the court. Code Civil Procedure, §§ 2447, 8, 9. If the execution had been returned satisfied, then the court would have been without power to direct the person examined to pay or to deliver. The respondent was bound to show this. There was no presumption of satisfaction. It was consistent with the recital that the execution had been returned partly unsatisfied.

¶3As it does not appear by the record that the judgment debtor had been called into the proceeding by a notice required by the court, Code Civil Procedure, §§ 2441-2447, and was a party to it, there may be a doubt whether he had a right to make the motion below. This was not considered by the argument of the appeal, and is not passed upon.

¶4The order should be reversed, and the motion denied, with $10 costs.

¶5Ingkaham, J., concurred.

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