Woodworth v. Hodgson
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from Monroe county court. Action by Clark Woodworth against Thomas C. Hodgson and another, originally brought in the municipal court of the city of Rochester, and taken by appeal to the county court, where there was a verdict and judgment for plaintiff, from which defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtMacomber, J.
This action is brought against the defendants, who are respectively the sheriff and deputy-sheriff of Monroe county, to recover for the value of a certain stock of groceries claimed by the plaintiff, and alleged to have been converted by the defendants to their own use. The answer justifies the seizing and disposal of the goods under a judgment and an execution properly issued, the particulars of which it is not necessary to detail. The position of the defendants is that the property, the value of which is thus claimed by the plaintiff, was fraudulently disposed of by one W. A. Wood-worth, a…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Bullis v. . MontgomeryNew York Court of Appeals · 1872
- Steele v. . BenhamNew York Court of Appeals · 1881
- Tilson v. . TerwilligerNew York Court of Appeals · 1874
- Smith v. . BeattieNew York Court of Appeals · 1865
- Adams v. . DavidsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1851
3Cited by3 opinions
- Sheldon v. . McFeeNew York Court of Appeals · 1916
- Brown v. HarmonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
- Woodworth v. HodgsonNew York Supreme Court · 1891