Case Name: Livingston vs. Fitzgerald
Court: New York Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1848-01-31
Citations: 2 Barb. 396
Docket Number: 
Parties: Livingston vs. Fitzgerald.
Judges: 
Reporter: Barbour's Supreme Court Reports
Volume: 2
Pages: 396–397

Head Matter:
Same Term.
Before the same Justice. .
Livingston vs. Fitzgerald.
The act of November 22d, 1847, forbidding the imprisonment of any person for interlocutory costs, does not apply to thdse cases of contempt where a party may be fined for any misconduct productive of an actual loss or injury to the other party.
In Equity. This was a motion for an attachment against the defendant for not appearing before a referee and - -uking an assignment to a receiver, and for not paying the costs growing out of his previous default in thé case.
W. C. Schuyler, for the plaintiff

Opinion:
Edmonds, J.
The act of November 22d, 1847, forbidding the imprisonment of any person for interlocutory costs, (Laws of 1847, p. 491, § 2,) does not apply to those cases of contempt where a party may be fined for any misconduct productive of an actual loss or injury to the other party. A fine of $20 must be imposed and an attachment awarded.