Michalowski v. Ey

In an action against the property clerk of the Nassau County Police Department to recover possession of an automobile or, if possession could not be given, $1,000, its alleged value, together with $4,000 damages for its detention, a judgment was entered directing defendant to deliver to plaintiff the automobile, or $100, its value at the time of the trial, if possession could not be delivered, together with $151.75, the costs and disbursements of the action. Plaintiff appeals from so much of the judgment as failed to award $4,000, the alleged depreciation in value of the chattel between the…