8 Paige Ch. 41 | New York Court of Chancery | 1839
It is not necessary to consider the question at this time, which was raised on the argument, whether a proceeding against a party as a non-resident,
The defendants, however, if they have any defence in fact, are, by the statute, permitted to make it at any time before the premises are actually sold under the decree ; in every case in which they are proceeded against as absentees. (2 R. S. 188, § 137.) The only restriction upon the
The defendant Langdon, therefore, upon entering an appearance for himself and wife and filing a bond with the register, within twenty days, with two sufficient sureties in the penalty of $250, to be approved of by a master in the usual form, conditioned to pay to the complainant such costs as may eventually be awarded to him in this suit against these defendants, is to be at liberty, at any time within forty days after service of a copy of the bill, to put in an answer to the same for himself and wife, in the usual, form. And upon entering such appearance and filing such bond the sale of the premises under the decree is to be stayed until the further order of this court. But if they neglect to give such bond, or to put in their answer, within the time prescribed for that purpose the complainant may proceed under his decree.