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TRUST CO v. TAYLOR-CISHAHAYO

147 Misc.2d 685 (1990)

Bank Leumi Trust Company of New York, Plaintiff, v. Rose Taylor-Cishahayo, Defendant.

Civil Court of the City of New York, Queens County.

May 11, 1990

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Halpern, Halpern, Axelrod, Kirschenbaum & Phillips, P. C., for plaintiff. Rose Taylor-Cishahayo, defendant pro se.

ROBERT CHARLES KOHM, J.

This motion was brought by plaintiff to punish the defendant for contempt of court for failure to comply with an information subpoena.

The court's power to punish for contempt has its origins in the courts of Chancery (Geery v Geery, 63 N.Y. 252; Brockway v Copp, 2 Paige Ch 578). This power was codified by 1802, when a statute authorized the Chancellor to enforce...

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