All-Package Grocery Stores Co. v. McAtamney
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, All-Package Grocery Stores Co., Inc., 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 3d day of August, 1916, granting defendant’s motion to vacate an order of arrest.
1Opinion of the Court
Scott, J.:
The action is for the conversion of the sum of $2,521.88, intrusted to defendant to be applied to a special purpose, and which as it is alleged he diverted and converted to his own use. The circumstances giving rise to the claim are stated in the defendant’s own affidavit as follows: He had been engaged for some years in the business of a publicity or advertising agent, and at one time was employed in that capacity by plaintiff. In January, 1916, at a conference between himself and some of plaintiff’s officers the subject of issuing a weekly publication to be known as the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Moffatt v. . FultonNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
- Spiegel v. LevineAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1914
3Cited by2 opinions
- Montague Mailing Machinery Co. v. All-Package Grocery Stores Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1918
- Horowitz v. HarrisNew York Supreme Court · 1927