Raymond v. . Richmond
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court, in the fourth judicial department, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff, entered upon a verdict. This action was brought by the plaintiff, as the assignee for the benefit of the creditors of Edward Jones, against Richmond as sheriff of Monroe county, and Henry G. Giles and Leonard H. Giles, for the conversion of certain personal property, consisting of a stock, of goods, etc.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court, in the fourth judicial department, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff, entered upon a verdict. This action was brought by the plaintiff, as the assignee for the benefit of the creditors of Edward Jones, against Richmond as sheriff of Monroe county, and Henry G. Giles and Leonard H. Giles, for the conversion of certain personal property, consisting of a stock, of goods, etc. Richmond justified the seizure of the property under an execution against Elizabeth W. Hinman, recovered by the defendants Giles. The defendants Giles…
1Opinion of the CourtEarl, J.
The judgment in the action brought by the plaintiff against Mr. and Mrs. Hinman and the assignor, Jones, established that title to the property, good against all the defendants in that action and every person claiming under them subsequent to judgment therein, was in the plaintiff. That judgment shows that the title to the property was originally in Mrs. Hinman; that it was by her transferred to Jones, as security for money loaned by him to her and for liabilities incurred by him for her; and that he made an assignment of the same property to the plaintiff for the benefit of his creditors,…
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