Creamery Package Manufacturing Co. v. Horton
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, The Creamery Package Manufacturing Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Broome on the 26th day of January, 1917, upon a decision of the court dismissing the complaint on the merits after a trial before the court without a jury. The action was brought to recover damages -resulting from the alleged conversion of a silo.
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Appeal by the plaintiff, The Creamery Package Manufacturing Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Broome on the 26th day of January, 1917, upon a decision of the court dismissing the complaint on the merits after a trial before the court without a jury. The action was brought to recover damages -resulting from the alleged conversion of a silo. When the action came on for trial the parties submitted an agreed statement of facts, and supplemented it by evidence taken before a referee, upon the question…
1Opinion of the Court
Sewell, J.:
There is no doubt that, as between the plaintiff and the defendant George H. Horton, the failure to filé the contract did not affect the validity of the plaintiff’s title to the silo. It is equally clear that the title to it remained in the plaintiff as against the defendant Sarah J. Horton, as it appears that the silo could be detached and removed without causing any serious damage to the realty and she failed to meet the burden imposed upon her of showing that she was a purchaser in good faith, that she had no knowledge of the condition of the contract and had parted with value…
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- Crawford v. BurkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Dooley v. PeaseSupreme Court of the United States · 1901
- Davis v. . BlissNew York Court of Appeals · 1907
- Wood v. . FiskNew York Court of Appeals · 1915
- Phenix National Bank v. . WaterburyNew York Court of Appeals · 1910
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- M. P. Moller, Inc. v. Irving Trust Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1932