Hibbs v. . Brown
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered April 6,1906, which reversed an order of the Appellate Term affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a decision of the Muncipal Court of the city of New York and granted a new trial.
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Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered April 6,1906, which reversed an order of the Appellate Term affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a decision of the Muncipal Court of the city of New York and granted a new trial. This is an action to replevy some coupons originally attached to a bond issued by the Adams Express Company and appellant’s right to succeed turns on the question whether said bond and coupons were negotiable and acquired by respondents in due course for value. The controlling facts may be…
1Opinion of the Court
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[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] The appellant, as the true owner of the stolen coupons of which recovery is sought, in attempting to establish his rights of ownership against the respondents because of the character either of their possession or of the bond which they possess, bases his right to do this upon three propositions, any one of which being decided in…
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- Munger v. . ShannonNew York Court of Appeals · 1874
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