Hassam v. Platt
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Edward T. Platt, as treasurer, etc., from a judgment of the Supreme Court hr favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Hew York on the 28th day of April, 1913, upon the verdict of a jury rendered by direction of the court, both sides having moved for the direction of a verdict at the close of the case, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 26th day of April, 1913, denying the defendant’s motion…
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Appeal by the defendant, Edward T. Platt, as treasurer, etc., from a judgment of the Supreme Court hr favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Hew York on the 28th day of April, 1913, upon the verdict of a jury rendered by direction of the court, both sides having moved for the direction of a verdict at the close of the case, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 26th day of April, 1913, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Clarke, J.:
This is an action for conversion against an express company. At the close of the case both sides moved for the direction of a verdict. The court left the question of value to the jury which found it to be $800. Subsequently, under stipulation, it directed a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $1,174.93. Defendant appeals.
Plaintiff, an artist, sent a painting, ££ A Rainy Day in Washington Square,” to the Boutwell Brooks Art Company, Denver, Col., for exhibition. Sometime thereafter and on June 3, 1905, the said painting, packed in a box weighing nineteen pounds, was delivered by…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- North Pennsylvania Railroad v. Commercial Bank of ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Magnin v. . DinsmoreNew York Court of Appeals · 1877
- Fisk v. NewtonCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1845
- Burnell v. . the New York Central R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1871
- Forbes v. Boston and Lowell RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1882
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- Davis v. Wells Fargo & Co.Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1914