Legal Opinion
Parker v. P & N Recovery of New York, Inc.
Civil Court of the City of New York
Decided August 3, 1999PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Rolando T. Acosta, J.
Plaintiff moves for an order granting summary judgment against defendant Joel Anthony Pope & Associates, Inc. (hereinafter Pope), an auctioneer who sold plaintiff’s car at the request of a garage keeper claiming a lien on the car. The motion requires the court to decide an issue which has not received much written attention from the courts: whether an auctioneer who sells property pursuant to the request of a purported lienor may be held liable for conversion to the true owner of the property where it turns out that the notice of the lien and sale on…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Pease v. . SmithNew York Court of Appeals · 1875
- Spraights v. . HawleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1868
- Wm. H. Wise & Co. v. Rand McNally & CompanyDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1961
- Ingram v. Machel & Jr. Auto Repair, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
- Glass v. WienerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Toyota Motor Credit Corp. v. Impressive Auto Center, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
- Deere & Co. v. Miller-Godley Auction Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 2001
- HFGL Ltd. v. Alex Lyon & Son Sales Managers & Auctioneers, Inc.District Court, D. New Jersey · 2010
- Vogel v. TunickNew York Surrogate's Court · 2009
- Marianne Hicks v. Leslie Feely Fine Art, LLCDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2021
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