New York Supreme Court December 15, 1857 (Lowber v. Mayor of New York)

By the Court.—Clerke, J.

—I presume that it will not be disputed, even by the counsel for the plaintiff, that it belongs to the essential, inherent powers of this court, to exercise such an efficient control over every proceeding in an action pending in it, as effectually to protect every person actually interested in the result from injustice and fraud, and that it will not allow itself to be