Case Name: Heyward v. Stilwell and others
Court: New York Court of Chancery
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1838-10-01
Citations: 3 Edw. Ch. 245
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Parties: Heyward v. Stilwell and others.
Judges: 
Reporter: Edwards' Chancery Reports
Volume: 3
Pages: 245–245

Head Matter:
Heyward v. Stilwell and others.
October 1, 1838.
Practice.
In a mortgage case which may require the examination of a complainant as to payments, such examination cannot take place prematurely, merely because he is leaving the state.
A case of foreclosure. An advertisement was running against some of the defendants ; and the complainant deposed, that he himself was about to leave the state and should not return until after the cause was ready for a hearing. Motion that he be now examined as to any payments.
Mr. Charles B. Moore, for the mortgagee.

Opinion:
The Vice-Chancellor
considered the application premature. If it were a case that required the examination of the complainant, it could be done at the proper time, even if he were out of the state, by interrogatories through a commission : Rule 76 ; and the cause might even be settled before the usual time to examine the complainant.