Wilson v. Collins
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Samuel Collins, from an order of the . Supreme Court, made at the Westchester ¡Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Westchester on the 12th day of December, 1906. -
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, J.:
The defendant appeals from an order denying a motion to vacate an order of arrest, and asserts that the affidavit upon which said order of arrest was granted is insufficient.
The action is for fraud. To obtain the order of arrest the plaintiff swore as of his own knowledge that, he purchased of the defe.ndr ant .an oil painting, relying upon .the representation that it was made by a well-known and celebrated Dutch artist named Mauve; and that the defendant made said representation with knowledge of its falsity and with intent to deceive and'defraud the plaintiff. It is claimed that…
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