Patchin v. Ritter
New York Supreme Court
THIS action was brought to recover damages for the taking of §324.25 in bank bills and coin, alleged to be the property of the plaintiff. The money was taken by the defendant at the banking house of the Pratt Bank of Buffalo, (which bank was owned by the plaintiff as an individual banker,) and was money owned and used by him in the business of said bank.
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THIS action was brought to recover damages for the taking of §324.25 in bank bills and coin, alleged to be the property of the plaintiff. The money was taken by the defendant at the banking house of the Pratt Bank of Buffalo, (which bank was owned by the plaintiff as an individual banker,) and was money owned and used by him in the business of said bank. The banking office was located, and the business of the bank was, and for several years had been, carried on in the first ward of the city of Buffalo, under and by the name of “ The Pratt Bank.” The plaintiff resided in the ninth ward of said…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Davis, P. J.
It was insisted on the argument of this cause, by the respondent’s counsel, that the assessment was void, on the ground that the plaintiff was a resident of the ninth ward of the city of Buffalo, and the assessment was made in and by the assessors of the first ward; and several authorities were cited to sustain this position. It is not material to examine this question, in the view in which it was presented. The defendant was a public officer acting under and by virtue of a warrant, regular in form, and show*36ing (so far at least as this question is concerned,) no want…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Savacool v. BoughtonNew York Supreme Court · 1830
- Suydam v. KeysNew York Supreme Court · 1816
- Trustees of the Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church v. TryonCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1845
- Petrie v. WoodworthNew York Supreme Court · 1805
3Cited by6 opinions
- State ex rel. Gracy v. Bank of NeoshoSupreme Court of Missouri · 1894
- St. Louis v. WennekerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1898
- City of Stanberry v. JordanSupreme Court of Missouri · 1898
- Bennett v. RobinsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
- Johnson v. LearnNew York Supreme Court · 1859
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