Hill v. White
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal from special term, Schuyler county. Action by William M. Hill against Charles W. White and others. There was a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered on a decision of the court on a trial without a jury, and defendants appeal. Affirmed as to one defendant (Haas), and reversed as to the others, and new trial granted.
1Opinion of the CourtMerwin, J.
In the complaint in this action it is alleged that in the latter part of summer or during the fall of 1889 the defendants wrongfully entered upon premises of plaintiff and one Beecher, and took possession of and sold, or took possession of' and converted to their own use, certain property belonging to the plaintiff and Beecher, consisting of an engine and belting, a shingle mill, and a cider mill, of the value of $400; and that Beecher had conveyed all his interest to the plaintiff. In the answers of the defendants there was, in substance, a general denial. It was also alleged that the…
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