Legal Opinion

Segelke v. Finan

New York Supreme Court

Decided May 14, 1888PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal from Queens county court; Garrett J. Garrettson, Judge.

1Opinion of the CourtPratt, J.

This is an appeal from an order expunging from the record a verdict and granting a new trial. This was an action for the recovery of chattels, (replevin,) originally commenced in justice’s court, and taken to the county court, and was submitted to the jury upon the evidence of the plaintiff. The jury agreed upon a verdict, except the words “six cents damages for the detention thereof, ” which the judge directed to be entered in the verdict, to-wit: “That the plaintiff is the owner and entitled to the possession of the property; that the value thereof is $200.” We think it was error to annul…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Fitzhugh v. . WimanNew York Court of Appeals · 1854
  2. Rockfeller v. DonnellyCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1826
  3. Beekman v. BemusNew York Supreme Court · 1827
  4. Burhans v. TibbitsNew York Supreme Court · 1851
  5. Wood v. . OrserNew York Court of Appeals · 1862

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Clark v. LudeNew York Supreme Court · 1892
  2. Seelig v. Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1921
  3. Cruikshank v. CruikshankAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
  4. Hitchcock v. WimplebergAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905
  5. Cruikshank v. CruikshankAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899

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