Costigan v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal from trial term, Erie county. Action by Edward H. Costigan against the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and others. From a judgment for plaintiff, and from an order denying a new trial, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtHardin, P. J.
Evidence was given upon the trial that Bernstein, one of the defendants, lodged an affidavit with a police justice of the city of Buffalo, wherein it was stated that the plaintiff “did unlawfully and wrongfully steal, take, and convert to his own use $3.72, which had come into his possession as the property of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company of New York, a corporation.” Upon that affidavit the police justice issued a warrant requiring the apprehension of the plaintiff, and reciting that an information had been made charging “that the crime, of petit larceny had been committed, and…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Heyne v. . BlairNew York Court of Appeals · 1875
- Wass v. . StephensNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
- Besson v. . SouthardNew York Court of Appeals · 1851
- Willard v. . Holmes, Booth HaydensNew York Court of Appeals · 1894
- Nutting v. Kings County El. RailroadNew York Supreme Court · 1895
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- Grew v. Mountain Home Telephone Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1920