Legal Opinion
Hickok v. Bunting
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided July 1, 1902PublishedCited by 14 opinions
Appeal by the defendants, Elizabeth M. Bunting and another, ■as executrices, etc., of Ella F. Bunting, deceased, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 3d day of June, 1901, upon the verdict of a jury rendered by direction of the court..
1Opinion of the Court
Hatch, J.:
This action was brought to recover upon an instrument in writing, of which the following is a copy :.“ New York, December , 1893.
“ Having been cause of a money loss to my friend Gerardine H. Hiekok, I have given her three thousand dollars. I hold this amount in trust for her, and one year after date or thereafter on demand I promise to pay to the order of Gerardine H. Hiekok, her heirs or .assigns, three thousand dollars, with interest.
■“ 1, 16, ’94. ELLA F. BUNTING.
“ 216 East 12 St., N. Y.”
The instrument remained in the possession of the plaintiff after its alleged delivery to her,…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Hamer v. . SidwayNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
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- Smith v. WareNew York Supreme Court · 1816
- Sternbergh v. ProvoostNew York Supreme Court · 1851
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