Nichols v. Coleman
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, Daniel Coleman and others, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 10th day of November, 1903, upon the .verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 12th day of November, 1903, denying the defendants’ motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Hatch, J.:
The plaintiffs bring -this action to recover damages averred to have been sustained by reason of the false and fraudulent representations made by the defendants to procure the delivery to Daniel Coleman, of two hansom cabs, pursuant to. the terms of a conditional sale. The contract of sale was made by Daniel Coleman on the 16th day of April, 1897, and in terms it provides that the said Coleman had hired from the plaintiffs the cabs therein described, for the use of which he agreed to pay $1,641, $1 upon the execution of the contract and the balance in monthly installments of $50 and…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Pryor v. . FosterNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
- Brush v. Long Island RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896
- Thomas v. DickinsonNew York Supreme Court · 1892