Cantor v. Claflin
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court, New York county. Action by Herman Cantor, as assignee of Isaac Sickle, against Ferdinand Levy, coroner, and John Claflin and others. Defendants Claflin and others appeal from a judgment for plaintiff entered on the verdict of a jury, and from an order denying a motion for a new trial.
1Opinion of the CourtBrady, J.
It appears that on the 16th of November, 1887, one Isaac Sickle made a general assignment without preferences to the plaintiff, under which he came Mto possession of a stock of merchandise and other assets belonging *760to the assignor, including the property involved in this action. On the day following, the sheriff of this county, by virtue of process duly issued, took the property in controversy from the assignee, and a few days after the firm of H. B. Claflin & Co. brought an action of claim and delivery against the sheriff, asserting title to the merchandise in dispute upon the ground that…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Morris v. . TalcottNew York Court of Appeals · 1884
- Cantor v. GrantNew York Supreme Court · 1889
3Cited by1 opinion
- Humphrey v. SmithAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896