Warner v. Lake
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court, Chautauqua county. Action by William H. Warner against Clarence H. Lake. From a judgment entered on a verdict for plaintiff, and from an order denying a motion for a new trial on a case and exceptions, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDwight, P. J.
The action was for the alleged wrongful conversion of a stock of goods claimed by the plaintiff, as assignee for the benefit of creditors of one Benjamin F. Williams. The goods were seized and sold by the defendant as sheriff of Chautauqua county, by virtue of executions in favor of the judgment creditors of one Charles F. Williams, and as the property of the latter. The final question, of fact and law, was whether, at the time of the levy and sale, the goods in question were the property of the plaintiff as such, assignee, or of Charles F. Williams, the judgment debtor. On the 9th day of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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