Legal Opinion

Ditmars v. Sackett

New York Supreme Court

Decided December 28, 1895PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Action by George F. Ditmars and Abram E. Wyckoff, as executors of John V. Ditmars, deceased, against Frederick B. Sackett, W. Gilmore Sackett, and John H. Sackett. A verdict was rendered in favor of plaintiffs, and defendants move for a new trial, on exceptions ordered to be heard at general term in the first in- = stance.

1Opinion of the CourtBradley, J.

The action is replevin to recover the possession of certain personal property, mentioned in and transferred by a chattel mortgage of date November 16, 1891, made by the defendant Frederick B. Sackett to the plaintiffs’ testator, to secure the payment of a promissory note of the same date, made by the defendants Frederick B. Sackett and W. Gilmore Sackett, for $150, payable to the testator three months after its date, with interest. The defense alleged is usury. The trial court refused to submit any question to the jury, and directed a verdict for the plaintiffs. Exceptions were taken by the…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Condit v. . BaldwinNew York Court of Appeals · 1860
  2. Stillman v. . NorthrupNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
  3. Rexford v. . KnightNew York Court of Appeals · 1854
  4. In Re the Probate of the Will of BernseeNew York Court of Appeals · 1894
  5. Baldwin v. . DoyingNew York Court of Appeals · 1889

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Griswold v. . HartNew York Court of Appeals · 1912
  2. Vaughan v. Peoples Mortgage Co.California Court of Appeal · 1933
  3. In re the Probate of the Will ValenteNew York Surrogate's Court · 1959
  4. Terminal Bank v. DubroffNew York Supreme Court · 1910
  5. Stillwell v. BoyerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897

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