Legal Opinion
Rivara v. James Stewart & Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided November 24, 1925PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCardozo, J.
Plaintiff bought from defendant a tugboat, the James B. Stewart, under a contract of conditional sale. Payments aggregating $23,518.87 were made from time to time upon account of the price. As to later installments, the buyer made default. Following such default, the defendant resumed possession. It failed, however, to comply with section 65 of the Personal Property Law (L. 1909, ch. 45; now § 79, L. 1922, ch. 642 [Cons. Laws, ch. 4]). That section provides in substance that when goods and chattels are retaken by a conditional vendor, they shall be held for thirty days, during which time the…
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