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6 Daly 404

Josuez v. Murphy

New York Court of Common Pleas

Decided April 3, 1876

New York Court of Common Pleas · decided 1876-04-03

The decision of this court, which it was desired to review in the Court of Appeals, is reported ante, p. 324, where the facts of the case are stated.

Relies on Bullymore v. . Cooper

Decided 1876-04-03

Van Hoesen, J.

¶1The appellant founds her application for leave to go to the Court of Appeals upon the ground that there exists a diversity of opinion and practice as to the proper form of the order of arrest provided for by subd. 3 of sec. 179 of the *405Code—the Supreme Court having held that an order of arrest in the ordinary form should be issued, whilst the Superior-Court has decided that the order should be special, and should, direct the sheriff to exact from the defendant an undertaking conformable to sec. 211 of the Code. A sufficient answer to the application is found in the fact that neither in this court, nor in the court below, did the case turn upon the form of the order of arrest. To be sure, Judge Robiusou, who delivered the opinion of this court, approved the form of the order of arrest which has been sanctioned by the Superior Court; but the decision of the case was put upon the same ground on which the judge at the trial dismissed the complaint—the failure of the plaintiff to prove facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action.

¶2The complaint showed, upon its face, that the affidavit upon which the order of arrest was obtained was fatally defective, it not containing any allegation that the property in controversy had been removed with intent to deprive the plaintiff of the benefit of it, or with intent to prevent the city marshal from finding or taking it. Upon the authority of Bullymore v. Cooper (46 N. Y. 236), the court decided that the marshal was not bound to execute the order of arrest, nor liable to the plaintiff for any neglect or omission in the attempt to execute it.

¶3The appellant does not question the correctness of that decision. If it be conceded that the marshal was under no obligation to execute the order of arrest, the form of that process is a matter of no importance.

¶4The application should be denied.

¶5Chables P. Daly, Ch. J., and Joseph F. Daly, J., concurred.

¶6Application denied.

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