Janson v. Potruch
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal by the plaintiffs from an order of the Municipal Court of the city of Hew York, third district, borough of Manhattan, modifying a judgment rendered in favor of the plaintiffs.
1Opinion of the CourtMacLean, J.
Upon oral pleadings the plaintiffs declared “ conversion,” and the defendants answered, “ general denial, bill of particulars.” According to the particulars furnished, the office of which “ is to amplify a pleading and to inform a party with reasonable certainty of the nature of the claim made by his adversary in order to prevent surprise and to enable him intelligently to meet the issue upon the trial ” (Taylor v. Security Mutual Life Ins. Co., 73 App. Div. 319, 823), the plaintiffs claim that the defendants converted the sum of $500, belonging to the plaintiffs, to their own use, as…
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2Cases cited2 opinions
- Taylor v. Security Mutual Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902
- Cohn v. BeckhardtNew York Supreme Court · 1892
3Cited by1 opinion
- Zacharia v. SchlossbergNew York Supreme Court · 1959