Firemen's Mutual Benevolent Ass'n v. Clifford
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, James D. Clifford, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 17th day of May, 1921, directing the defendant to deposit with the clerk of the court twelve Liberty bonds of the par value of SI,000 each, of which the defendant had obtained possession.
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
This is an action in replevin to recover bonds. The complaint shows that the plaintiff is a domestic corporation and the defendant is an attorney and counselor, and resides and' has an office in the borough of Brooklyn, New York city; that the plaintiff is the owner and entitled to the immediate possession of the bonds, which are described by their issues and numbers, but that defendant has obtained possession thereof and wrongfully detains them, although *316demand therefor was duly made before the commencement of the action. Judgment is demanded for the possession of the bonds, and…
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