Lynch v. Ford
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, William W. Ford and another, from that portion of a judgment of the County Court of Westchester county in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Westchester on the 16th day of September, 1901, upon the verdict of a jury rendered by direction of the court, which adjudged that the plaintiff have and retain the possession of the personal property described in the complaint and that he recover of the defendants the…
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Appeal by the defendants, William W. Ford and another, from that portion of a judgment of the County Court of Westchester county in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Westchester on the 16th day of September, 1901, upon the verdict of a jury rendered by direction of the court, which adjudged that the plaintiff have and retain the possession of the personal property described in the complaint and that he recover of the defendants the costs of the action.
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J.:
It appears that on the 10th day of July, 1901, the mare and colt of the plaintiff wrongfully came upon the property of the defends ants in the town of Harrison in Westchester county; that, in. pur-' suance of statutory provisions, the defendants proceeded to remove *537the animals to their barns and there to retain them, under the assertion of a lien, until they were redeemed or turned over to their owner according to law.
On the same and the following days the plaintiff called upon the defendants and requested his horses, but it does not appear that he ever made a legal offer to…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Rockwell v. . NearingNew York Court of Appeals · 1866
- Pierce v. HosmerNew York Supreme Court · 1873
- Boyce v. Perry, New York County Courts1899