Heidenheimer v. Boyd
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Robert Boyd, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs for $3,009.03, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 13th day of June, 1896, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 16th day of June, 1896, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes. This appeal was transferred from the first department to the second department.
1Opinion of the Court
Goodrich, P. J.:
The plaintiffs seek to recover the sum of $2,500, which was. received by the defendant under circumstances which are differently stated by the parties. The plaintiffs, being engaged in a. brewery business, desired to obtain a loan of $50,000 upon notes of the Bavarian Star Brewing Company, in which they were large-stockholders. They had in their employ one Peter Buckle. Buckle-was indebted to the defendant upon loans amounting to $2,500, for which the defendant held his notes. Buckle testified that in December, 1892, or January, 1893, he asked the defendant if he could loan…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Newhall v. . WyattNew York Court of Appeals · 1893
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