Carr v. Johnson
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court, Onondaga county. Action- by Henry D. G. Carr and Philip H. W. Jones against Hector B. Johnson, as sheriff. From a judgment entered on a verdict directed by the court in favor of defendant, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMartin, J.
This action was for the conversion of a quantity of furniture, consisting of 24 hall-racks and 6 cases or cabinets, of the value of $571.05. The plaintiffs claimed title under a bill of sale given them by the owners December 11, 1889. The property in question was never delivered to the plaintiffs, but remained in the actual possession of their vendors until it was levied upon and sold by the defendant as sheriff of Onondaga county. It was taken and sold under and by virtue of an execution duly issued upon a judgment rendered in this court on December 19, 1889, against the plaintiffs’ vendors.…
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