Simar v. Paris
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Motion by the defendant, John L. Shea, for a new trial upon a case containing exceptions, ordered to be heard at the Appellate Division in the first instance, upon the verdict of a jury in favor of the plaintiff rendered by direction of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Ingraham, J.:
The action was brought for a conversion of certain wines and liquors, the plaintiff alleging that he was the lawful owner and entitled to the immediate possession of the property described, and *440that, the defendants wrongfully and unlawfully took possession o£ and converted said property to their own use. Upon the trial it appeared that J. Chaigneau & Co., of Bordeaux, France, shipped to Havre, France, to be transported by steamer to Hew York, the-property in question. By the invoice of that shipment the Bordeaux firm declared that they were the sellers and forwarders of the-goods…
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