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Zeely v. YansenZeely v. Yansen

New York Supreme Court
Aug 15, 1807
Reporters:
Per Curiam,.

The power of awarding a ¿aZes is incident ‍‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‍to a court of justice, and essentiafto its proceédings. By -the first section of the act, ‍‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‍every justice is invested with all the power usual in courts of record, for the purpose of ‍‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‍hearing and trying causes; and the power of awarding a tales, in case of aMefault of the jurors ‍‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‍summoned on t.he venire, is a power usual in courts of record. The justice was, therefore, right in ‍‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‍^’awarding a tales; and the judgment below .must be affirmed.

Judgment affirmed.

Case Details

Case Name: Zeely v. Yansen
Court Name: New York Supreme Court
Date Published: Aug 15, 1807
Citation: 2 Johns. 386
Court Abbreviation: N.Y. Sup. Ct.
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