Bingham v. Sheldon
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Paul Sheldon, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Rings on the 19th day of January, 1904, upon the verdict-of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 21st day of January, 1904, denying the; defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J.:
The plaintiff in this action is a widow, fifty-eight years of age and a person who appears to have been singularly innocent and confiding in reference to her business affairs. It appears that she had some kind of a claim against the Arizona Copper Company, and early in the spring of 1901 she left her home near Boston and came to New York to make inquiry about this claim, aggregating something like $4,000. She went to the office of the Arizona Copper Company, and was told that her claim was not against that company, but the party whom she found in the office told her that he could…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Ford v. . HarringtonNew York Court of Appeals · 1857
- Place v. . HaywardNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
- Fisher v. . BishopNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
- Freelove v. ColeNew York Supreme Court · 1863
- In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of FitzsimonsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902
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