Ritter v. Cushman
The Superior Court of New York City
The defendants appeal from a judgment entered upon findings made by the chief justice of this court, of law and fact, after hearing the case without a jury; to which findings and each of them the defendants except.
1Opinion of the Court
By the court, Garvin, J.
The principal objections, as presented upon the argument, and as I understand now to be insisted upon, are questions of fact. .
The defendants insist: (1.) That the plaintiffs failed to prove that the defendants agreed to hold and carry the stock for the conversion of which this action is brought. (2.) That there is no proof of want of authority to sell the stocks, but, on the contrary, the defendants claim there was evidence of authority to sell. The stocks so alleged to have been converted by the defendants were two hundred shares of the New York and Erie Railway…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Hoogland v. WightThe Superior Court of New York City · 1860
3Cited by2 opinions
- Berberich's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1917
- Hayward v. BarronNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1892