Felts v. Collins
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, William B. Collins and others, from a judgment of the County Court of Columbia county in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Columbia on the 28th day of December, 1900, upon the verdict of a jury for $400, and also from two orders, bearing date the 19th day of. December, 1900, and entered in said clerk’s office, denying the defendants’ motions for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Houghton, J.:
The complaint alleges that the defendants wrongfully trespassed upon the plaintiff’s real estate and took from her possession eight:,' cows and two yearlings, and converted them to their own use. . {
The specific value of the property is stated, and the general, damage claimed at a larger amount.
The plaintiff and her husband had been farm tenants of the defendant Collins from the spring of 1889 to January, 1899, *431when the farm upon which they were residing was sold under foreclosure, and the title passed to one Babcock, under whom they continued in possession until April, 1899,…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Zabriskie v. . SmithNew York Court of Appeals · 1855
- Stall v. . WilburNew York Court of Appeals · 1879
- Brown v. BurnapAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897
- Felts v. CollinsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
- Green v. EdickNew York Supreme Court · 1873
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