Legal Opinion
Fitzgerald v. Tiffany
The Superior Court of New York City
Decided July 15, 1894PublishedCited by 1 opinion
Appeal from a judgment rendered by the Municipal Court of Buffalo.
1Opinion of the CourtHatch, J.
Upon the trial evidence was given tending to
establish that one Conover engaged plaintiff to furnish the material and make for him a suit of clothes. When the clothes were finished, Conover examined and approved of them and asked for credit, which was refused ; thereupon he proposed to obtain an order from defendant for their delivery, which was assented to by plaintiff. Conover then obtained this writing:
“ Buffalo, N. Y., Jany. 19th, 1888.
“ P. M. Fitzgerald, give bearer the clothes and oblige.” Plaintiff, not being satisfied with this, went to defendant asked him if he signed the order;…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Mallory v. . GillettNew York Court of Appeals · 1860
- Higgins v. . MurrayNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
- Cowdin v. . GottgetreuNew York Court of Appeals · 1873
- Donnell v. HearnNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1883
3Cited by1 opinion
- Roozen v. CloninAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897