New York, L. E. & W. R. Co. v. McHenry

This action was tried in New York at the last April circuit, and resulted in the direction of a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $1,496,823.96. The defendant now moves for a new trial. The complaint is in the following words:

“ The plaintiff in the above-entitled action, complaining of the defendant, alleges that the defendant is indebted to the plaintiff in the sum of $1,307,-289.17, with interest thereon from the eighth day of July, 1879, in respect of so much money before that time had and received by the defendant to and for the use of the plaintiff, and the plaintiff demands judgment…