Legal Opinion

Thomas v. . Scutt

New York Court of Appeals

Decided June 2, 1891PublishedCited by 263 opinions

Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered upon an order made June 12, 1889, which affirmed a judgment in favor of plaintiffs entered upon the report of a referee. This was an action to recover the sum of $800 alleged by the plaintiffs to he due them from the defendant upon the sale of a quantity of lumber.

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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered upon an order made June 12, 1889, which affirmed a judgment in favor of plaintiffs entered upon the report of a referee. This was an action to recover the sum of $800 alleged by the plaintiffs to he due them from the defendant upon the sale of a quantity of lumber. The defendant denied the purchase and alleged that all the lumber that he had of the plaintiffs was turned out to him to secure advances that he had previously made to them, under the express agreement that it should be rafted…

1Opinion of the CourtVann, J.

Upon the trial the plaintiffs put in evidence a written instrument, dated June 11, 1883, duly signed by them, of which the following is a copy, viz.:

“For the consideration hereinafter named, we hereby sell, assign, transfer and deliver to Milo Scutt one raft of hemlock toggle timber and loading thereon, now lying at Equinunk Eddy, just below the Eock, in Buckingham township, Pa., the said lumber being covered by a chattel mortgage of which the mortgage hereto attached is a copy, viz.:

4-,000 feet cherry boards, at $12.................. $48 00

35.000 maple plank about, at $10.................…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Chapin v. . DobsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1879
  2. Eighmie v. . TaylorNew York Court of Appeals · 1885
  3. Benton v. . MartinNew York Court of Appeals · 1873
  4. Dana v. . FiedlerNew York Court of Appeals · 1854
  5. Truscott v. . KingNew York Court of Appeals · 1852

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3Cited by263 opinions

  1. Fogelson v. Rackfay Construction Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1950
  2. Mitchill v. LathNew York Court of Appeals · 1928
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  4. Callanan v. . K., A.C. L.C.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1910
  5. Marine Midland Bank-Southern v. ThurlowNew York Court of Appeals · 1981

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