Wood v. Fisk
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, William. 0. H. Wood, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Mew York on the 12th day of July, 1912, upon the decision of the court, rendered after a trial at the Mew York Trial Term, a jury having been waived, dismissing the complaint upon the merits.
1Opinion of the Court
McLaughlin, J.:
Action to recover damages for the alleged conversion of certain certificates of stock of the plaintiff pledged as collateral to *498secure the payment of a note for $39,000. The defense was a discharge of the defendants in bankruptcy. The complaint was dismissed after trial at Trial Term and from the ' judgment entered upon a decision to that effect plaintiff appeals.
There is little or no dispute as to the facts involved. They are, in substance, that on the-20th of January, 1910, the defendants loaned to the plaintiff $39,000, for Which he- gave to them his promissory note for that…
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