Conley & Johnson v. Palmer
New York Court of Appeals
Palmee sued Conley and Johnson before a justice of Madison county, in debt for .a forfeiture alleged to have been incurred by the defendants for a violation of the statute, (2 R. S. 503, § 17,) in knowingly assisting the plaintiff's tenant Harding, to remove his goods from the demised premises, leaving rent due thereon, for the purpose of avoiding the payment of such rent.
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Palmee sued Conley and Johnson before a justice of Madison county, in debt for .a forfeiture alleged to have been incurred by the defendants for a violation of the statute, (2 R. S. 503, § 17,) in knowingly assisting the plaintiff's tenant Harding, to remove his goods from the demised premises, leaving rent due thereon, for the purpose of avoiding the payment of such rent. It was alleged that the rent in question became due on the 1st of March, 1844, and that the offence was committed within thirty days next before that day. The defendants pleaded nil debet, and the trial took place on the…
1Opinion of the Court
The Court,
after advisement, were of opinion that the cause had been properly decided in the supreme court, and thereupon the judgment was affirmed.1
2Cited by4 opinions
- Jordan v. . National Shoe and Leather BankNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
- United States v. Leon Rheims Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1917
- Coggeshall v. GrovesSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1887
- Nash v. White's Bank of BuffaloNew York Supreme Court · 1885