Claim of Grant v. Chester
New York Supreme Court
This was an application made by Mrs. Agnes Mary Grant, to compel the defendant Chester, an attorney of this court, to pay over to her moneys, the proceeds of drafts placed by her in his hands, early last summer, to invest upon bonds and mortgages. In July or August, she determined to make a different use of the money, and, as it was not then loaned on bond and mortgage, gave him notice that she should want it in October and November.
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This was an application made by Mrs. Agnes Mary Grant, to compel the defendant Chester, an attorney of this court, to pay over to her moneys, the proceeds of drafts placed by her in his hands, early last summer, to invest upon bonds and mortgages. In July or August, she determined to make a different use of the money, and, as it was not then loaned on bond and mortgage, gave him notice that she should want it in October and November. On the 1st of November, she called upon him for it, and he refused to give it up to her, insisting that he had promised to loan it on bond and mortgage, and also…
1Opinion of the Court
Balcom, Justice.
This is a motion to compel Elisha W. Chester, an attorney of this court, to pay over certain moneys in his hands to Mrs. Agnes Mary Grant; and the affidavits and papers read on the hearing have satisfied me that the moneys in question belong to Mrs. Grant. They were received by Mr. Chester on drafts delivered to him by Mrs. Grant; and there is no satisfactory evidence that they belong to any other person.
The moneys were received by Mr. Chester to invest on bond and mortgage for Mrs. Grant; but he has not invested them on such security. He has loaned a portion thereof on a…
2Cited by1 opinion
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