Beskin v. Feigenspan
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Christian Feigenspan, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Dutchess on the 29th day of March, 1898, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at ■ the Dutchess Special Term. ■
1Opinion of the Court
Cullen, J.:
The action is to recover damages for the wrongful taking and conversion of personal property belonging to the plaintiff-. The defendant justified under a chattel mortgage. One Henry Harris originally owned the property in dispute. He executed four mortgages, the first in priority being that given to the defendant. This mortgage was filed on October 21, 1895, and a renewal thereof on October 20, 1896, but not thereafter. On July 15, 1896, under a foreclosure of the other mortgages, the title to the property became vested in Antone Dubeski, and was subsequently transferred by him to…
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- Smith & Hoe v. AckerCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1840
- Meech v. . PatchinNew York Court of Appeals · 1856
- Steele v. . BenhamNew York Court of Appeals · 1881
- Nash v. ElyNew York Supreme Court · 1838
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