Legal Opinion
Hoffman v. Taylor
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Decided May 24, 1910Published
Appeal from City Court of New York, Special Term. Action by Jacob Hoffman against Louis M. Taylor and others. From an interlocutory judgment overruling a demurrer to the complaint, defendants Bates appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtPage, J.
The plaintiff sues for damages alleged to have been caused by the acts of the defendants Jerome E. and'Leonard W. Bates in instigating their employé, Louis M. Taylor, the third defendant, to procure an attachment. By paragraph 7 of the complaint it is alleged, that the attachment “was duly vacated at the order of the Municipal Court of the city of New York, signed by Hon. John Hoyer on the 22d day of October, 1908.” The eighth paragraph of the complaint reads as follows:
“That the said, writ of attachment was maliciously and wrongfully issued, and with intent to injure and destroy the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Marks v. . TownsendNew York Court of Appeals · 1885
- Day v. . BachNew York Court of Appeals · 1881
- Sprague v. ParsonsNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1884
- Sprague v. ParsonsNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1886
- Coleman v. BrownAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1908