Campbell v. Abbott
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Municipal Court of the city of Mew York, fifth district, borough of Manhattan, in favor of the plaintiff in an action for the recovery of chattels, and appeal by the plaintiff from an order denying a motion to return amount deposited in court.
1Opinion of the CourtMacLean, J.
At the end of August last, the plaintiff, for the keep of his horse, harness and trap, owed for the month thirty-two dollars and fifty cents to the defendant, who refused to let the chattels go out of his stable, and who on September second gave the plaintiff a bill for August for that amount. Then the plaintiff tendered the thirty-two dollars and fifty cents, but the defendant refused the money and also said he would not deliver the chattels unless paid an additional sixty-three dollars, the sum of two bills assigned him by another liveryman (fifty-four dollars and fifty cents) and by a…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Wood v. HitchcockNew York Supreme Court · 1838
3Cited by1 opinion
- Reeder v. WarnerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985