Haft v. First National Bank
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal ,by the plaintiff, Isaac Haft, 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 13th day of February, 1897, upon a nonsuit, granted by the court after a'trial at the New York Trial Term, ánd also from,'an order entered in .said clerk’s office on the 8th day of February, 1897, denying the plaintiff’s motion for a new trial made upon' the minutes, and also from an order bearing date…
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Appeal ,by the plaintiff, Isaac Haft, 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 13th day of February, 1897, upon a nonsuit, granted by the court after a'trial at the New York Trial Term, ánd also from,'an order entered in .said clerk’s office on the 8th day of February, 1897, denying the plaintiff’s motion for a new trial made upon' the minutes, and also from an order bearing date the 6th day of March, 1897, and" entered in said clerk’s office, denying, his motion to reduce an extra allowance of $350,…
1Opinion of the Court
Ingraham, J.:
The action is brought to recover damages for a libel. The .defendant, being a correspondent of a bank in New Castle, Penn., received from, such bank á draft drawn upon the plaintiff. That draft was presented at the plaintiff’s place of business. The messenger wlio carried it. there found the plaintiff’s place of business closed, and consequently the: draff xyas not-presented to the plaintiff and Was not paid. Subsequently it was returned by the defendant to the New Castle bank with the following letter: “We return herewith Isaac Haft, 419 West 42d st. Our messenger reports that…
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