Case Name: KREISER v. SCOFIELD et al.
Court: New York City Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1894-06-20
Citations: 29 N.Y.S. 685
Docket Number: 
Parties: KREISER v. SCOFIELD et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's New York Supplement
Volume: 29
Pages: 685–685

Head Matter:
(9 Misc. Rep. 200.)
KREISER v. SCOFIELD et al.
(City Court of New York, General Term.
June 20, 1894.)
Execution.
Every person who has anything to do with the wrongful issuance of an execution is liable to the person injured thereby.
Appeal from trial term.
Action by Samuel Kreiser against Cyrus Scofield and William G. McCrea. There was a judgment in favor of plaintiff, and defendants appeal.
Affirmed.
Argued before FITZSIMORS, REWBTJRGER, and CORLAR, JJ.
Wm. G. McCrea, for appellants.
Abram Kling, for respondent.

Opinion:
FITZSIMONS, J.
The order of the supreme court dated May 12, 1891, declared the body execution issued against plaintiff to be void and unlawful. Every person having anything to do with such a process is in law a wrongdoer, and liable for any damage done the injured person. There is testimony in the case showing that the defendant McCrea was one of the persons connected with the issuance of said execution; therefore he, and all others having anything to do with the issuance of said execution, were jointly and severally liable to plaintiff for any damage done him. The testimony also establishes that the defendant Scofield had to do with the issuance of said execution; thus his liability is also established. The judgment must be affirmed, with costs. All concur.