Halbran v. Gray
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal from a judgment of the General Term of the City Court, affirming a judgment of the Trial .Term, entered on the verdict of a jury, in favor of the plaintiff.
1Opinion of the CourtGildersleeve, J.
This action was brought to recover damages for the alleged conversion of a promissory note. The note had been delivered to the defendant as collateral security for the performance of a contract by the plaintiff. The plaintiff claimed the right to the possession of the note, by reason of the alleged cancellation of the contract by the defendant, in forcibly ejecting the plaintiff from the premises, in which the plaintiff was at work under the contract. Among the assignments of errors urged as grounds for reversal, is the claim by the appellant that the complaint should have been dismissed for…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- McEntee v. . the New Jersey Steamboat Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1871
- Castle v. . Corn Exchange BankNew York Court of Appeals · 1895