Flagler v. Hearst
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, John H. Flagler, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 18th- day of January, 1900, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 15th day of January, 1900, denying the plaintiff’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Ingraham, J. :
The action is to recover for the conversion of a- steam yacht, the complaint alleging that on April 26, 1898, one A.'Chaudon was the owner and entitled to the immediate possession of the steam yacht Anita, her tackle, apparel and furniture ; that on said 26th of April, 1898, the said yacht was in the possession of the defendant, who, although requested so to do by Chaudon, would not deliver the same to him, but then and ever since has wrongfully detained the same to his own use to the damage of said Chaudon in the sum of $125,000, and that Chaudon has assigned this claim to the…
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