Black v. Strang
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Eva Black, from so much of an interlocutory judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the respondent, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 15th day of October, 1914, as overrules her demurrer to the fourth separate defense in defendant’s amended answer.
1Opinion of the Court
Stapleton, J.:
The complaint, excepting the introduction and demand, reads: “That on or about the 28th day of October, 1912, at the borough of Brooklyn, city of New York, the defendants forcibly, wrongfully and illegally took and carried away from the possession of this plaintiff, certain personal property and effects, her property, of the reasonable value of sixty-five hundred ($6,500) Dollars, and wrongfully and illegally converted the same to their own use to the damage of this plaintiff in the sum of Ten thousand ($10,000) Dollars, which she claims.”
The answer contains this denial: “Upon…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Williams v. SheldonNew York Supreme Court · 1833
- McManus v. Western Assurance Co. of TorontoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
- Wenk v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
- Purington-Kimball Brick Co. v. EckmanAppellate Court of Illinois · 1902