JAMES v. POWELL


26 A.D.2d 295 (1966)

Esther James, Appellant, v. Adam C. Powell, Jr., Respondent, et al., Defendant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

October 25, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond Rubin for appellant.

Henry R. Williams for respondent.

BOTEIN, P. J., McNALLY and BASTOW, JJ., concur with STEUER, J.; STEVENS, J., dissents in opinion.


STEUER, J.

Plaintiff judgment creditor moved to punish the judgment debtor for contempt for a willful failure to obey a subpœna in supplementary proceedings. As the long and ugly record in this matter shows, this failure to obey is consistent with the debtor's cynical refusal to honor his own promises together with a total disregard of any and all process that has been served upon him. However, much as...

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