Jacob v. Columbia Storage Warehouses
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, 0. Albert Jacob, from an order of the Appellate Term of the Supreme Court, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Hew York on the 29th day of January, 1908, reversing a judgment of the Municipal Court of the city of Hew York, borough of Manhattan, in favor of the plaintiff, rendered on the 31st day of July, 1906, and dismissing the complaint.
1Opinion of the Court
Clarke, J.:
The plaintiff is the assignee óf the Apollo Company. The complaint alleges that the plaintiff is the owner and entitled to the possession of" a designated piano of the value of $500; that between the 13th of Jiine, 1906, and the 22d day of June, 1906, the said piano was in the possession of the defendant; that the plaintiff duly demanded of the defendant delivery of said piano but the defendant failed, neglected and refused to deliver the same and had converted the same to its own use to the plaintiff’s damage in the sum of $500.
The answer alleges that the defendant is a storage…
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