Salt v. Ensign
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court, Niagara county. Action by Francis H. Salt, William Shepard, George G. Shepard, and Joseph Doherty against Nathan D. Ensign, sheriff of Niagara county. From a judgment entered on a verdict in favor of plaintiffs, and from an order denying a motion for a new trial made on the minutes of the court, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBradley, J.
The plaintiffs charge that the defendant converted to his own use 48 bicycles belonging to them. The alleged defense is that the defendant, as sheriff of Niagara county, levied upon and sold the bicycles, by virtue of executions issued upon judgments recovered against Banker & Campbell Company, Limited, and that the alleged title of the plaintiffs was derived from such judgment debtor in fraud of its creditors, etc. The Banker & Campbell Company, Limited, was incorporated March 1, 1890, under chapter 611, Laws 1875; and its object was the purchase and sale of bicycles, tricycles, etc., and…
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