Case Name: James E. Heller et al., App'lts, v. Perry M. De Leon, Resp't
Court: New York City Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1889-10-03
Citations: 26 N.Y. St. Rep. 102
Docket Number: 
Parties: James E. Heller et al., App’lts, v. Perry M. De Leon, Resp’t.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York State Reporter
Volume: 26
Pages: 102–102

Head Matter:
James E. Heller et al., App’lts, v. Perry M. De Leon, Resp’t.
(City Court of New York, General Term,
Filed October 3, 1889.)
.Supplementary proceedings — Warrant—Proof necessary for.
Proof that there is danger that defendant will leave the state, and- that there is reason to believe that he has property which he unjustly refuses to apply to the payment of the judgment, furnishes no legal ground for the arrest of a non-resident debtor, even under § 2437. There must be proof to show what property he has, or, at least, that he has property.
Appeal from order of May 25, 1889, amending order previously made.
Lewis Johnston, for app’lts; A. L. Sanger, for resp’t.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The re-settlement was made on the application of the appellants. If they were dissatisfied with the decision made, they ought to have had it reviewed upon appeal from the original order. The order last made is more favorable to the appellants than the former one, and to reverse the latter is, in effect, to reinstate the former.
We doubt the right of the appellants to review the propriety of the original order upon this appeal. But we have examined the matter upon the merits, and in this "respect deem the order as resettled to be correct. The defendant, who is a resident of Georgia, was temporarily in this city, and being about to return to his home, was arrested, because one of the plaintiffs made affidavit " that there was, in his opinion, danger that the defendant will leave the state of Hew York, and that there is reason to believe that he has property which he unjustly refuses to apply to the payment of the judgment " herein. The defendant had the right to return to his home in Georgia, and the fact that the affiant had reason to believe that he had property which he unjustly refused to apply to the judgment, furnished no legal ground for an arrest, even under § 2487 of the Code. It was not the case of an absconding debtor, nor did the proof show what property the debtor had, or, indeed, that he liad any. The justice had jurisdiction, but the process was, for the reason stated, ' voidable," and was properly set aside on motion made for the purpose.
It follows that the order appealed from must be affirmed, with costs.
McAdam, Ch. J., Nehrbas and McGown, JJ., concur.