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In the Matter of the Assignment of The United States Restaurant and Realty Company, to Anton H. Meyer, as Assignee for the Benefit of Creditors. In the Matter of the Examination of John L. Murray, a Witness, Appellant; Hunter & Trimm Company, Respondent
139 A.D. 898·New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division·1910·NY
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In the Matter of the Assignment of The United States Restaurant and Realty Company, to Anton H. Meyer, as Assignee for the Benefit of Creditors. In the Matter of the Examination of John L. Murray, a Witness, Appellant; Hunter & Trimm Company, Respondent.
[MAJORITY]
Appeal from an order; entered on the 21st day of May, 1910, overruling objections to questions propounded to a witness, and directing said witness to produce certain books, etc.
Order affirmed, with ten dollars costs and- disbursements. No opinion. Present — Ingraham, P. J.. (dissenting), Laughlin, Clarke, Scott and Miller, JJ.
[DISSENT — Ingraham, P. J. (dissenting):]
Ingraham, P. J. (dissenting):
I dissent upon the ground that this examination is not connected with any of the provisions of article 2 ' of -the Debtor and Creditor Law, and that to justify an examination-under section 22 of that article it is necessary that the object of the proceeding should be to carry into effect . .some provision of the article. (See Matter of Holbrook, 99 N. Y. 539.)
Consol. Laws, chap. 12; Laws of 1909, chap, 17.— [Rep.