60 A.D. 75 | N.Y. App. Div. | 1901
On the 12th of September, 1900, the plaintiff’s intestate, an employee of the defendant, sustained injuries from which he died five days later, by the falling of a hoisting apparatus in a building in the process of construction. This action was brought to recover $30,000 on the ground that his death was due to the negligence of the defendant. Subsequent to the commencement of the action the plaintiff, on the ground that the defendant was a non-resident, applied for &x parte- and obtained a warrant of attachment, which the defendant moved to vacate. His motion Was denied and he has appealed.
The allegation as to non-residence of the defendant is equally unsatisfactory. While the averment in this respect is upon personal knowledge, not a single fact or circumstance is stated from which the- court can see or even infer that the plaintiff has any knowledge whatever with reference to the defendant’s residence. Indeed, it does not appear that she ever saw the defendant or had any dealings with him whatsoever. In Hoormann v. Climax Cycle Co. (9 App. Div. 579) this court held that “ the mere averment of facts ás upon personal knowledge is not sufficient, unless circumstances are stated from which the inference can fairly be drawn that the affiant has personal knowledge of the facts which he avers.” And it also-reasserted the rule in Tucker v. Goodsell Co. (14 App. Div. 89); Lehmaier v. Buchner (Id. 263); Wallace v. Baring (21 id. 477); Martin v. Aluminum Plate Co. (44 id. 412).
Finally, the alleged cause of action is not one in which an attachment can be granted. A warrant of attachment can be granted where the action is to recover a sum of money only as damages (1) for the breach of a contract, express or implied, other than a contract to
It follows, therefore, that the order appealed from must be reversed, with ten dollars costs and disbursements, and the motion granted, with tén dollars costs.
Van Brunt, P. J., O’Brien and Ingraham, JJ., concurred.
Order reversed, with ten dollars costs and disbursements, and motion granted, with ten dollars costs.