Muklan v. Doty

20 How. Pr. 236

• Court: New York Supreme Court
• Decided: June 15, 1860
• Status: Published

Opinion

Bonney, Justice.

The defendant moves to vacate the order of arrest in this action on two grounds :

•1. That the summons and complaint do not state a case in which the defendant can be held to bail. The summons is for a money demand or contract, and the complaint seeks to charge the defendant as endorser of a bank check. In neither is their any allegation of fraud, on which defendant’s counsel insists that no bail can be required in the action. The cases of Sellar agt. Sage, (13 How. Pr. R., 230,) and Corwin agt. Freeland, et al. (2 Sel., 560,) are direct authorities that such allegations in a complaint are neither necessary nor proper. The order for arrest should be obtained on affidavits, and no issue as to the alleged fraud can be made by the pleadings.

2. It is contended that the affidavit on which the order of arrest was granted, is not sufficient to authorize such order. This objection, in my opinion, is not well taken. The affidavit alleges representations by the defendant made to the plaintiffs, upon faith of which they received and gave the money for the check, and which are charged to have been false, are quite sufficient, in my judgment, to bring the case within the provisions of section 179 of the Code; and if the statements in the affidavit are true, (and they are not now denied,) plaintiffs were, I think, entitled to have the •warrant issued.

Motion denied, with ten dollars costs to plaintiffs.