Stephens v. Meriden Britannia Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
■ Appeal by the defendants, The Meriden Britannia Company and. •others, from a judgment of the Supreme' Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New 'York on the 5th day of June, 1896, upon the verdict of a jury rendered by direction of the court after a trial at a Trial Term of the Supreme Court' held in and for the county of New York, and also "from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 29th day of May, 1896, denying the…
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■ Appeal by the defendants, The Meriden Britannia Company and. •others, from a judgment of the Supreme' Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New 'York on the 5th day of June, 1896, upon the verdict of a jury rendered by direction of the court after a trial at a Trial Term of the Supreme Court' held in and for the county of New York, and also "from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 29th day of May, 1896, denying the defendants’ motion for a new trial made upon the minutes. This action was brought by George W. Stephens, as receiver of…
1Opinion of the Court
Rumsey, J.:
For some time before the 19th of November, 1892, the McCall Publishing Company had been and then was a tenant of the defendant, The Meriden Britannia Company, and owed $900 for rent, which it was unable to pay. The manager of the Meriden Com-. pony insisted upon having some security, and thereupon the McCall Company executed and delivered to the Meriden Company, as collateral security for the payment of the rent, a bill of sale of all its printing presses, machinery and type which were then in the building occupied by the McCall Company under the lease. It was testified by all the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Pease v. . SmithNew York Court of Appeals · 1875
- Karst v. . GaneNew York Court of Appeals · 1893
- Stephens v. . PerrineNew York Court of Appeals · 1894
- Mandeville v. . AveryNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
- Logan v. McCall Publishing Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1893
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