McKernan v. Thomas Conville Brewing Co.
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal from Municipal Court, Borough of Manhattan, Tenth District. Action by John J. McKernan, an infant, by Rose Mealiff, guardian ad litem, against the Thomas Conville Brewing Company and another. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendants appeal. Reversed.
1Per curiam
This is an appeal by. defendants from a judgment for $74.67, damages and costs, in favor of the plaintiff, for the conversion, as claimed by plaintiff, of certain personal property situated in a saloon that belonged to plaintiff’s father for some time just previous to his death. The case was submitted at the end of plaintiff’s testimony, and judgment, as we have said, was thereupon rendered in plaintiff’s favor.
It appears that on February 7, 1901, the plaintiff’s father gave his promissory note for $1,000 to the defendant corporation, and on October 25, 1902, he executed a chattel mortgage to…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Segelken v. . MeyerNew York Court of Appeals · 1884
- Hunter v. HallettNew York Court of Chancery · 1832