Heilbronner v. Levy’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “The order and scope of the examination of a judgment debtor in a proceeding supplementary to execution are largely in the discretion of the judge or commissioner before whom such examination is being taken. This is necessarily so, because, if the debtor has concealed property which is sought to be discovered, he is called to testify against his supposed interest, and will always give his testimony reluctantly. Unless a comprehensive and searching examination be allowed, an artful debtor might defeat the discovery sought. To apply to such an examination the strict technical rules governing the examination of a witness on the trial of a cause, or even the less strict rules applicable to a cross-examination, which it more nearly resembles, would be to impair greatly the efficiency and usefulness of the remedy intended to be given by the proceeding, and, in many cases, to destroy it entirely.”

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