Rubenstein v. Frost
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal from Municipal Court, Borough of Manhattan, Fifth District. Action by Max Rubenstein against Samuel H. Frost and another. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtGildersleeve, P. J.
The action is to recover $100 as a reward for the finding and return of defendants’ horse and wagon, which had been stolen from defendants. The latter deny that they ever offered any reward. The court decided for plaintiff, and defendants appeal.
The plaintiff, while looking for his own horses, which had also been stolen, learned by accident from a deputy sheriff of the whereabouts of defendants’ horse and wagon, and informed one Zuckerman, who in turn informed defendants’ carman, Armstrong. The latter stated to Zuckerman that there was a reward of $100 offered by defendants for the finding of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Howland v. . LoundsNew York Court of Appeals · 1873
- Thurman v. WellsNew York Supreme Court · 1854
- People v. SeatonNew York Supreme Court · 1891
- Vitty v. EleyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900
3Cited by1 opinion
- Glover v. Jewish War Veterans of United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1949