Cohen v. O'Connor
New York Court of Common Pleas
Appeal by defendant from a judgment of this court, entered on the verdict of a jury. The action was against the defendant, a married woman, to recover $250, loaned to her to erect buildings on land owned by her in her own separate right. The facts are fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
The facts of this case, as necessarily found by the jury upon conflicting proofs, are substantially as follows : In March, 1870, the defendant, a married woman, and owner of a lot in 117th street, applied to plaintiff for a loan of $250, to aid her in finishing a building on the lot, to which he assented, and she said she would send her husband for the money. He accordingly went for it, and plaintiff gave him a check on a bank for the amount payable to his order. He took the check to the bank, indorsed it for deposit, and had it there so deposited to his own credit, and he testifies he…
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