Gowing v. Warner
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal by the defendants from a judgment of the City Court of New York, affirming a judgment entered in plaintiffs’ favor for $1,791.76, upon the verdict of a jury. The opinion states the nature of the action and the material facts.
1Opinion of the CourtGiegerich, J.
The action is to recover possession of certain goods, or their value, the sale and possession of which, it is alleged, were induced by the fraudulent representations of Gerrish & Co., to the plaintiffs, as to the former’s financial responsibility. The defendants claim title under a hill of sale, whereby the said firm sold to them, their stock in trade, including the goods received from the plaintiffs, for $16,144.22, payable as follows: $1,000 in cash, defendants’ promissory note for $'3,355.53, payable in three months, the satisfaction or discharge of an indebtedness of the said firm to the…
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