Legal Opinion
Lewis v. Jim's Boat Yard, Inc.
Suffolk County District Court
Decided February 26, 1973PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtOscar Mtjrov, J.
Third-party plaintiff, Jim’s Boat Yard, Inc., moves for summary judgment upon the theory that the defendant auctioneer failed to comply with the Lien Law in selling a boat and is therefore liable over to it.
On April 26,1972, the court decided that the widow (plaintiff) of the purchaser of the boat was entitled to summary judgment against the boatyard upon the theory that since the seller of the boat failed to comply with the Lien Law the sale was, in effect, a conversion of the boat (Content v. Banner, 184 N. Y. 121; Toplitz v. Bauer, 161 N. Y. 325; Keleher v. O. Edwin Barnes Inc., 236 App.…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Toplitz v. . BauerNew York Court of Appeals · 1900
- Content v. . BannerNew York Court of Appeals · 1906
- Kane v. . City of BrooklynNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
- Coutts v. J. L. Kraft & Bros.New York Supreme Court · 1922
- Coutts v. J. L. Kraft & Bros.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1923
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3Cited by3 opinions
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- Burgess v. Leon's Auto Collision, Inc.Civil Court of the City of New York · 1976