Goodrich v. Houghton
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court, Oswego county. Action by Mary E. Goodrich against Byron D. Houghton and Claude S. Houghton. In the complaint there are three counts.
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Appeal from circuit court, Oswego county. Action by Mary E. Goodrich against Byron D. Houghton and Claude S. Houghton. In the complaint there are three counts. In the first it is alleged that on the 23d March, 1887, at Oswego, the plaintiff was the owner, and in constructive possession, of a certain sum of money, to the amount of $12,-500, and that upon that day the defendant Byron D. Houghton, while holding such money temporarily for plaintiff, combined with the other defendant to cheat her, and refused to deliver the money to plaintiff, except the sum of $6,217.50, and thereafter both…
1Opinion of the CourtMerwin, J.
The defendant Byron D. Houghton, on the 30th March, 1887, received from the United States Express Company at Oswego the sum of $25,020, and paid expenses thereon to the amount of $150. This money was consigned to Houghton from Hew Orleans, La. The evidence on the part of the plaintiff showed that this money was sent as money drawn upon lottery tickets in the Louisiana State Lottery, purchased about a month before, by Byron D„ in pursuance of an agreement between him and the plaintiff. The plaintiff, in substance, testifies that she and Byron D. agreed to purchase $50 worth of such lottery…
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