Case Name: Warner vs. Harvey
Court: New York Supreme Court of Judicature
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1832-10
Citations: 9 Wend. 444
Docket Number: 
Parties: Warner vs. Harvey.
Judges: 
Reporter: Wendell's Reports
Volume: 9
Pages: 444–444

Head Matter:
Warner vs. Harvey.
ALBANY,
Oct. 1832.
On a motion for a commission to examine witnesses, an affidavit of merits is necessary only when the party asks for a stay of proceedings until the return of the commission.
On a motion for a commisssion to examine witnesses, it was objected that the defendant did not swear to a good and substantial defence, to which it was answered that the party did not ask for a stay of proceedings, and, that in such case, he need not swear to a defence.

Opinion:
By the Court.
An affidavit of merits on an application of this kind is not necessary, unless the party asks for a stay of proceedings until the return of the commission.