Randall v. Knevals
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Sherman W. Knevals, as assignee of William R; Bunker and Charles B. Caldwell, and of the firm of ■ Caldwell & Bunker, from a final judg'ment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs, entered in the office of the clerk of the ■county of New York on the 5th day of June, 1897, upon the report of a referee." The plaintiffs in this action seek, in effect, to recover fourteen bonds for $1,000 each, in the possession of the Bank of America.
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Appeal by the defendant, Sherman W. Knevals, as assignee of William R; Bunker and Charles B. Caldwell, and of the firm of ■ Caldwell & Bunker, from a final judg'ment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs, entered in the office of the clerk of the ■county of New York on the 5th day of June, 1897, upon the report of a referee." The plaintiffs in this action seek, in effect, to recover fourteen bonds for $1,000 each, in the possession of the Bank of America. The bank held these bonds as security for certain notes of the ■firm of Caldwell & Bunker. No claim is made against the bank. Its…
1Opinion of the Court
Barrett, J.:
Two questions are presented by this appeal: First, whether the declaration of William R. Bunker, made to the plaintiffs’ agent Randall in the month of February, 1894, was admissible as against the assignee; second, if it' was, whether Caldwell & Bunker were holders of the bonds in good faith.
The declaration was in writing and was signed by Bunker upon the 23d day of February, 1894. It-is quite an elaborate statement, giving a history'of the conversions and misappropriations which ultimately resulted in the possession of .the bonds -by his 'firm. The part of it which is material in…
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