Willets v. . Hatch
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Court of Common Pleas for the city and county of Hew York, entered upon an order made May 9, 1890, which affirmed a judgment in favor of plaintiffs entered upon a verdict, and affirmed an order denying a motion for a new trial.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Court of Common Pleas for the city and county of Hew York, entered upon an order made May 9, 1890, which affirmed a judgment in favor of plaintiffs entered upon a verdict, and affirmed an order denying a motion for a new trial. In July, 1886, the plaintiffs loaned to the defendant $2,400. At the time the application ivas made for the loan, the defendant had recently imported from Ireland a quantity of wet salted calf skins, which were then on board a vessel in Hew York harbor. He offered them as collateral security. The skins, by the…
1Opinion of the CourtBradley, J.
The controversy at the trial had relation to the defendant’s claim for damages arising from the deterioration of the calf skins during the time they were in the warehouse of Schultz, Innes & Co. They were placed there by the defendant in July, 1886, where they remained until in July, 1881, when they were found to be in such an impaired condition as to have but little value. The number of these skins "was 2,748. They were contained in 458 bundles, all in one pile, the inside of which had become heated, and the skins "there were in the process of decay.
The question presented at the trial was…
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