Legal Opinion

Boechat v. Brown

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided July 1, 1896PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal by the defendant, Martin Brown, from a judgment of the Supreme Oourt in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Erie on the 10th day of February, 1896, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the Erie Equity Term, affirming a judgment of the Municipal Court of Buffalo, entered on the 7th day of November, 1895, in favor of the plaintiff against the defendant.

1Opinion of the Court

Ward, J. :

The plaintiff (the respondent here) instituted an action in the Municipal Court of Buffalo, in the month of September, 1895, to recover the value of certain stone which the complaint alleged was wrongfully taken by the defendant from the plaintiff and converted by the defendant.

The answer was a general denial of the plaintiff’s title and of the wrongful taking. On the 7th of November, 1895, the plaintiff recovered a judgment for sixty-two dollars, and on the eighteenth of that month the defendant (the appellant here) served a notice of appeal, stating that the defendant appealed to…

2Cited by7 opinions

  1. People ex rel. Leet v. KellerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
  2. Lewis v. City of SyracuseAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897
  3. Gillin v. CanaryAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1897
  4. Manheim v. SeitzAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
  5. In re the Application of LightAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898

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