Legal Opinion

Wheeler v. Fidelity & Deposit Co.

New York Supreme Court

Decided November 15, 1919Published

Action to recover on undertakings given upon appeal.

1Opinion of the CourtLehman, J.

The plaintiff has brought an action to recover upon bonds given upon successive appeals to the Appellate Division and the Court of Appeals from a judgment in favor of this plaintiff awarding to her the possession of certain chattels or if portion thereof could not be obtained that the said plaintiff be paid the sum of $12,500, the value thereof. The answer contains two separate defenses which contain essentially similar allegations to the effect that the party against whom judgment was entered had tendered to the plaintiff the articles adjudged to belong to her with the exception of certain…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Leeper, Graves & Co. v. First Nat. Bank of HobartSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1910
  2. Stevens v. TuiteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1870
  3. Edwin v. Cox ex rel. JacobsonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1895
  4. Kingsley v. Sauer, New York County Courts1896

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