Powell v. Conover
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court, New York county. Action by Robert S. Powell and another against Daniel D. Con-over to recover money alleged to have been loaned. From a judgment entered on a verdict in favor of plaintiffs, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtParker, J.
The judgment awards to the plaintiffs $954.05,. which was necessarily founded upon a determination by the jury that plaintiffs had loaned to the defendant the principal of said sum. It was defendánt’s contention on the trial that, while he received the money from the plaintiffs, it was received by him as an officer of a corporation, and that it was understood and intended by plaintiffs, and defendant as well, that the loan was made to the corporation, and not to the defendant. Upon the trial, one of the-plaintiffs, who represented his firm in making a loan, and the defendant, testified, each…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Rudd v. . RobinsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
3Cited by2 opinions
- Leonard v. FaberAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900
- Thayer v. SchleyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1910