Case Name: William H. Marson, Respondent, v. The City of Rochester, Appellant
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1906-06-19
Citations: 185 N.Y. 602
Docket Number: 
Parties: William H. Marson, Respondent, v. The City of Rochester, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 185
Pages: 602–602

Head Matter:
William H. Marson, Respondent, v. The City of Rochester, Appellant.
Marson v. City of Rochester, 112 App. Div. 905, affirmed.
(Argued June 4, 1906;
decided June 19, 1906.)
Appeal, by permission, from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial' department, entered March 16, 1906, which affirmed an order of Special Term referring questions of fact arising upon a motion to punish defendant for contempt.
■ The following question was certified: “ Can the city of Rochester, a municipal .corporation, be punished in this action for a contempt of court
William W. Webb, Corporation Counsel (B. B. Cunning.ham of counsel), for appellant.
Nelson B. Spencer for respondent.

Opinion:
Order affirmed; with costs on opinion below; question certified answered in the affirmative.
Concur : Cullen, Ch. J., Edward T. Bartlett, Werner, Hiscock and Chase, JJ.; Gray, J., in result. Dissenting: O'Brien, J.