Meier v. Wilkens
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, Peter Wilkens and another, 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 26th day of June, 1896, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 26tli day of June, 1896, denying the defendants’ motion for a new trial made upon the minutes. This appeal was transferred from the first department to the second department.
1Opinion of the Court
Bradley, J.:
The alleged cause of action is for the conversion of personal property, the plaintiff’s title to which is founded upon a bill of sale made to him by Thomas Campbell, of date March 8, 1893, by the terms of which Campbell, in consideration of $11,000, sold to the plaintiff all the furniture, fixtures, utensils and good will of the business of Campbell on the northwest corner of West street and Loew avenue in stands Nos. 25, 26 and 27 West street, and No. 1 Loew avenue, in the city of New York, together with all the leasehold *99interest and right of possession owned and claimed by…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Powell v. . WaldronNew York Court of Appeals · 1882
- Wells v. . KelseyNew York Court of Appeals · 1867
- Fulton v. FultonNew York Supreme Court · 1866
- In re GallagherU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1879
- Ritterband v. BaggettThe Superior Court of New York City · 1877
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