Hart v. Norman
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal from a judgment of the City Court of the city of New York in favor of the plaintiff, entered upon a directed verdict.
1Opinion of the CourtPage, J.
This action was brought to recover the sum of $2,000 deposited with the defendant under the following circumstances: One Elkan had been tried and convicted of embezzlement in the criminal courts of Essex county, N. J. The complainant in the criminal proceedings was one Hawthorne, whose wife had recovered judgment against Max M. Hart, plaintiff’s husband, which, with other claims amounted to $6,000,. which had been found to be uncollectible either by execution or by proceedings supplemental thereto. While Elkan was awaiting sentence, J. Sidney Bernstein, an attorney, called upon the defendant,…
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