ยง 52. Enforcement of judgments. If any party shall fail to comply
with, or fulfil the directions or finding of the peacemakers in any
matter heard or determined by them in pursuance of law, within the time
fixed by such determination, the party in whose favor such determination
may be, shall be entitled to recover the amount awarded to him, by such
determination with costs, in an action in justice's court before any
justice of the peace of the county in which such reservation or a part
thereof is situated, in which action, a copy of the record of such
determination, certified to by said clerk, shall be conclusive evidence
of the right of recovery, and of the amount of such recovery, and
executions shall be awarded to enforce the collection of the judgment
obtained thereon in the same manner and with the like effect as against
white persons, and the property and person of the defendant in such
action shall be liable to seizure and sale or imprisonment, as in like
cases against white persons. In case the action or proceeding is one
not within the jurisdiction of justice's courts, the application may be
made to a court having jurisdiction of actions of the same nature.
Structure New York Laws
Article 4 - The Seneca Indians
42 - Time and Place of Annual Election.
43 - Qualifications of Voters and Eligibility to Office.
49 - Incompetency of Peacemakers.
50 - Appeals to Council of Seneca Nation.
51 - Appeals From Peacemakers' Court of Tonawanda Nation.
52 - Enforcement of Judgments.
54 - Prosecution of Actions and Disposition of Recovery.
56 - Trees and Timber on Reservations.
57 - Offering or Giving Bribes Prohibited.
58 - Acceptance of Bribes Prohibited.