Case Name: Giles E. Leach et al., Resp'ts, v. Charles F. Linde, App'lt
Court: New York Supreme Court, General Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1893-11-17
Citations: 57 N.Y. St. Rep. 132
Docket Number: 
Parties: Giles E. Leach et al., Resp’ts, v. Charles F. Linde, App’lt.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York State Reporter
Volume: 57
Pages: 132–132

Head Matter:
Giles E. Leach et al., Resp’ts, v. Charles F. Linde, App’lt.
(Supreme Court, General Term, First Department,
Filed November 17, 1893 )
Abbest—Foreign judgment.
Under section 552 of the Code, an order of arrest may be granted, in an action in this state, on a judgment recovered in another state for false representations.
Appeal from an order denying a motion to vacate an order of arrest.
Edward S. Clinch, for app’lt; Oudin & Oakley (Lorenzo Semple, of counsel), for resp’ts. n

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
October 20, 1891, the plaintiffs recovered a judgment against the defendant in the superior court of Wake county, in the state of North Carolina, for $6,398 damages, caused by the false and fraudulent representations of the defendant. The judgment has not been reversed and remains wholly unpaid, and this action is for the recovery of the amount due on it. An order of arrest was granted, which the defendant moved to vacate on the papers on which it was granted, and so there was no .dispute about the facts. In Baxter v. Drake, 22 Hun, 565; affirmed 85 N. Y., 502, an action was brought in the supreme court of this state on a judgment recovered in the United States circuit court for the eastern district of Tennessee, for damages occasioned by the conversion of property. An order of arrest was issued in the action, and it was held that, under § 552 of the Code of Civil Procedure, it was properly granted. This section clearly authorizes an order of arrest in such a case. It is urged by the appellant's counsel that Gutta Percha & Rubber Manuf'g Co. v. Mayor, etc., 46 Hun, 237; 11 St. Rep., 302; reversed 108 N. Y., 276 ; 13 St. Rep., 607, is in conflict with the case first cited. In that case it was held that a judgment recovered in another state, it not appearing whether it was founded on contract or in tort, was a " contract," within the meaning of § 635 of the Code of Civil Procedure, which prescribes cases in which attachments may be issued. The question decided in the latter case is not germane to the one decided in the former, as the cases arose under different sections of the Code.
The order should be affirmed, with ten dollars costs and disbursements.