Edick v. Crim
New York Supreme Court
This was an appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment rendered by the county court of Herkimer county, affirming the judgment of a justice of the peace, in favor of the defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Gridley, P. J.
This suit was brought upon a complaint stating an exchange of two watches for a rifle, with an allegation that the defendant fraudulently pretended to be the owner of the rifle. The plaintiff avers in his complaint that “ the defendant, at the time of the sale or trade, did not own the rifle, and fraudulently sold and traded the same to the plaintiff, by reason whereof the plaintiff was subjected to, and made liable for, a judgment recovered by Adam H. Grim, who had sued for and recovered the rifle,” sfcc.
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