Legal Opinion
Hickok v. Bunting
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 10, 1902PublishedCited by 2 opinions
Appeal from trial term, New York county. Action by Gerardine H. Hickok against Elizabeth M. Bunting and others. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtHatch, J.
This action was brought to recover upon an instrument in writing, of which the following is a copy:
“New York, December, 1893. Having been cause of a money loss to my friend Gerardine H. Hickok, I have given her three thousand dollars. I hold this amount in trust for her, and one year after date or thereafter, on *969demand, I promise to pay to the order oí Gerardine H. Hickok, her heirs or assigns, three thousand dollars, with interest. Ella F. Bunting. 1, 16, ’94. 216 East 12 St., N. Y.”
The instrument remained in the possession of the plaintiff after its alleged delivery to her; and as she is…
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