Dumois v. Hill
New York Court of Common Pleas
Action by Hipólito Dumois and others against William Hill and ethers for money had and received. Defendants demur to the complaint.
1Opinion of the CourtPryor, J.
In substance the complaint states: A lease by defendants to plaintiffs of piers in East river; an action by defendants against the city of New York for injury to the piers, and judgment in their favor for the sum of $52,330.01, damages they had sustained by the injury to the piers; the wrongful receipt of this money by the defendants, because the money so received by them embraced *165the damages occasioned to the plaintiffs by the injury to the piers; a demand of judgment for a sum equivalent to the damages sustained by the plaintiffs from the injury to the piers.
The concession in the complaint…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Atlantic Dock Co. v. . Mayor, Etc., N.Y. CityNew York Court of Appeals · 1873
- Patrick v. . MetcalfNew York Court of Appeals · 1867
- Butterworth v. . GouldNew York Court of Appeals · 1869
- Buel v. BoughtonNew York Supreme Court · 1846
- Moore v. MooreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1879
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- Iselin v. Chemical National BankNew York Supreme Court · 1896