Case Name: OWL CIGAR CO. v. LIDGERWOOD
Court: New York City Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1894-03-09
Citations: 27 N.Y.S. 932
Docket Number: 
Parties: OWL CIGAR CO. v. LIDGERWOOD.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's New York Supplement
Volume: 27
Pages: 932–933

Head Matter:
OWL CIGAR CO. v. LIDGERWOOD.
(City Court of New York, General Term.
March 9, 1894.)
Attachment—Affidavit.
An affidavit for an attachment shows a prima facie case, where it states that defendant, “being an adult and a resident of the city of New York, keeps himself concealed therein, with intent to avoid service of summons, and that, after proper and diligent effort to ascertain the place of sojourn of defendant, the same cannot be ascertained.”
Appeal from special term.
Action by the Owl Cigar Company against Thomas Lidgerwood. From an order denying a motion to vacate an attachment, defendant appeals. Affirmed.
Argued before VAN WYCK, McCABTHY, and NEWBUBGEB, JJ.
S. A. Emanuel, for appellant.
Campbell & Murphy, for respondent.

Opinion:
NEWBUBGEB, J.
This is an appeal from an order denying a motion made by defendant to vacate a warrant of attachment. The attachment was granted on the ground that the defendant, "being an adult, and a resident of the city of New York, keeps himself concealed therein with the intent to avoid service of the summons, and that, after proper and diligent effort to ascertain the place of sojourn of the defendant, same cannot be ascertained." It is conceded that the defendant knew he was insolvent, and that he was not to be found, either at his store or at his home. The affidavit on which the attachment was granted made out a prima facie case, and the affidavits on the part of the defendant do not show such a state of affairs as would warrant us in vacating the attachment. The order appealed from must be affirmed, with costs. All concur.