Johnson Service Co. v. Maclernon
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, The Johnson Service Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 31st day of March, 1910, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order .entered in said clerk’s office on. the 11th day of April, 1910, denying the plaintiff’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Scott, J.:
Appeal by plaintiff from a judgment entered upon a verdict and from an order denying a motion for a new trial.
The action. is for moneys alleged to have been embezzled by' defendant from plaintiff for whom he was office manager. To prove the allegation's of the complaint it became of vital importance to plaintiff to show that a large number of postal cards, apparently signed by workmen in plaintiff’s employ, were in fact in the handwriting of defendant. To. this end plaintiff called a well-known handwriting expert who testified that he had compared the disputed postal cards with…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- McKay v. . LasherNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
- In re the Judicial Settlement of the Accounts of the Surviving of KochNew York Surrogate's Court · 1900
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