Button v. . Rathbone, Sard Co.
New York Court of Appeals
- Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the fifth judicial department, in favor of plaintiff, entered upon an order made the first Tuesday of January, 1891, which denied a motion for a new trial on exceptions ordered to be heard in the first instance at General Term, and directed judgment on a verdict. This action was brought to recover the value of certain personal property alleged to belong to plaintiff and to have been converted by defendant.
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- Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the fifth judicial department, in favor of plaintiff, entered upon an order made the first Tuesday of January, 1891, which denied a motion for a new trial on exceptions ordered to be heard in the first instance at General Term, and directed judgment on a verdict. This action was brought to recover the value of certain personal property alleged to belong to plaintiff and to have been converted by defendant. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The defendant was a hona fide purchaser, and as against it the…
1Opinion of the CourtO’ Brien, J.
The appeal in this case involves the title to certain personal property which the owner, at the time, transferred to both parties to the action, at different dates and under-different circumstances. Thus far the claim of the plaintiff has prevailed. The property, consisting of a quantity of stoves and their outfit, was originally sold and delivered by the defendants to one Francis Tully on credit. On the 13th of June, 1884, the defendants’ debt remaining due and unpaid, Tully, by instrument in writing, Sold and transferred the property to the defendants in consideration of $968.65, which the…
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