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92 A.D. 175

In re Spies

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · decided 1904-03-15

Appeal by the relator, Peter Spies, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Hew York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Hew York on the 20th day of Hovember, 1903, dismissing a writ of .habeas corpus theretofore issued herein.

Decided 1904-03-15

McLaughlin, J.

¶1(dissenting):

¶2I am unable to agree to an affirmance of this order. The receiver was appointed under section 1772 of the Code of Civil Procedure, but his appointment, so far as a bond is concerned, is controlled by section 715 of the Code, which provides : A receiver appointed in an action or special proceeding, must, before entering upon his duties, execute and file with the proper clerk, a bond to the People, v with at least two sufficient sureties, in a penalty fixed by the court, judge or referee, making the appointment, conditioned for the faith- . ful discharge of his duties as receiver

¶3It may be conceded that the receiver’s appointment was. regular, in the sense that it was not void, but it was so far incomplete — in that no provision had been made for the giving of a bond — that the receiver could not perform any act as such. To hold otherwise is to nullify' so much of section ■ 715 of the Code as provides that a receiver must, before entering upon his duties, execute and file with the proper clerk, a bond.” The receiver not being in a position to make the demand, it Was not a contempt of court for the relator to refuse to comply with it. It seems to me to be quite a novel proposition that one commits contempt of court in not turning over all of his property to a person not authorized to receive it, simply because an unauthorized demand has been made therefor.

¶4I think the order appealed from should be reversed and the motion ■ to discharge the relator granted.

¶5Order affirmed.

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