Brooks v. People's Bank
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, People’s Bank, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 10th day of July, 1919, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 24th day of July, 1919, denying defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
This is an action for money had and received. The plaintiffs were copartners, having their principal office at Atlanta, Ga., and doing business under the name of Doremus & Co. Their business was handling cotton contracts and cotton seed oil, as brokers on a commission basis on the floors of the New York Cotton and the New York Produce Exchange, where they were represented by the plaintiff Brooks, who resided here. The defendant is a Georgia banking corporation having its office at Mansfield, Ga. It is alleged in the complaint that there was deposited with the defendant, to the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Chapman v. . ForbesNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
- Farmers & Mechanics' Bank v. Butchers & Drovers' BankNew York Court of Appeals · 1857
- Story v. . SalomonNew York Court of Appeals · 1877
- New York Guaranty & Indemnity Co. v. GleasonNew York Court of Appeals · 1879
- Springs v. JamesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1910
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