Converse v. Sickles
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Daniel E. Sickles, sheriff of the city and county of New York, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 6th day of July, 1896, upon the decision of the court, rendered after a trial at the New York Special Term, awarding the plaintiffs the sum of $7,349.65, principal and costs. This appeal was transferred from the first department to the second department.
1Opinion of the Court
Goodrich, P. J.:
This action is brought by the firm of Converse, Stanton & Cullen to charge the defendant, as trustee for the benefit of the plaintiffs, with the sum of $5,312.99, and interest, being the value of certain merchandise which is claimed to have been wrongfully in his possession. Between January 29 and April 25, 1890, the plaintiffs sold to the firm of Fechheimer, Rau & Co. certain goods of the value above stated. The plaintiffs claim that these sales were induced by the fraud of Fechheimer, Rau & Co., who Tailed on May 1, 1890, at which time certain . judgments were entered…
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