Martin v. Oakes
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment for the plaintiffs rendered upon a verdict in their favor by the City Court of the city of New York. Action to recover for goods alleged to have been sold and delivered to the defendant, the defense being a general denial.
1Opinion of the CourtBischoff, J.
The action was to recover the sum of $154 for merchandise alleged to have been sold by the plaintiffs to the defendant, and the defense was a general denial. On the trial there was some evidence which tended to show that thirty-seven dollars’ worth of the goods were purchased by the defendant in person, but concededly the remainder was supplied to a coachman in the employ of the Mason Stable Company, upon the authority of the defendant’s wife, for use in the maintenance of an equipage which she had hired of the stable company with her husband’s knowledge and consent.
There was no pretense that…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Wanamaker v. . WeaverNew York Court of Appeals · 1903
- Tiemeyer v. . TurnquistNew York Court of Appeals · 1881
- Ehrich v. BuckiNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1894
- O'Connell v. SheraAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901
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- Stevens v. HushAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1919
- Ellenbogen v. SlocumCity of New York Municipal Court · 1910