Brewer v. Ford
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court, Erie county. Action by Francis B. Brewer against James E. Ford. From a judgment entered on a verdict for plaintiff for $3,515 damages, besides costs, and also from an order denying a motion for a new trial, defendant appeals. For former reports see 7 N. Y. Supp. 244, and 9 N. Y. Supp. 949.
1Opinion of the CourtMacomber, J.
This action is trover to recover of the defendant, who is the assignee for the benefit of creditors of a firm known as the “ Clark Manufacturing Company,” the value of certain property which came into his hands as such assignee. The plaintiff and the defendant’s assignors entered into an agreement January 29, 1880, by which a given quantity of personal property, consisting of machinery, patterns, and merchandise, was transferred from the former to the latter, to be paid for in installments, represented in amount by promissory notes ranging in times of payment between April 1, 1881, and April…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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