Flannery v. Van Tassel
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered upon an order made Hay 24, 1890, which affirmed a judgment in favor of defendant entered upon a verdict and affirmed an order denying a motion for a new trial. The following is the opinion in full: “ This action was brought to recover the value of a stock of goods and merchandise alleged to have been wrongfully taken from the possession of the plaintiff by the defendant.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered upon an order made Hay 24, 1890, which affirmed a judgment in favor of defendant entered upon a verdict and affirmed an order denying a motion for a new trial. The following is the opinion in full: “ This action was brought to recover the value of a stock of goods and merchandise alleged to have been wrongfully taken from the possession of the plaintiff by the defendant. “ The defense was that they were the goods of one Edward McManus, and that the defendant as sheriff of Dutchess county…
1Opinion of the Court
Haight, J.,
reads for reversal.
All concur, except Follett, Oh. J., dissenting, and Vahh, J., not voting.
Judgment reversed.
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