Clark v. National Shoe & Leather Bank
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The "Rational Shoe and Leather Bank of the city of Hew York, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 21st day of March, 1898, upon.the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the Kings County Trial Term, before the court without a jury.
1Opinion of the Court
Hatch, J.:
This case presents a vivid illustration of the ingenuity developed and applied in the commission of criminal acts. It shows that, however numerous be the checks devised for the prevention and detection of irregular and criminal acts, the skill of the wrongdoer keeps pace with and outwits them. The misapplied ability which furnished the occasion for this action, rightly directed, would undoubtedly have brought to the individual abundant success and honor in an honorable employment. As is usual, however, it brought him disgrace and a prison. The plaintiff is a business man, the…
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- In the Matter of McGoldrick v. . TraphagenNew York Court of Appeals · 1882
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