Hasbrouck v. New York Central & Hudson River Railroad
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered March 26, 1910, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a decision of the court at a Trial Term, a jury having been waived.
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Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered March 26, 1910, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a decision of the court at a Trial Term, a jury having been waived. This action was brought to recover the sum of $1,500 as damages for the conversion by the defendant of three finger rings and two ten-dollar bills belonging to the plaintiff, while she was a passenger on the Boston and Albany railroad, leased and operated by the defendant. She also alleged in the same count that said property was lost through…
1Opinion of the CourtVans', J.
The plaintiff "is a married woman about forty years of age, accustomed to traveling and residing in the city of Kingston. On the morning of May 23rd, 1908, she went to the city of New York on her way to Natick, Massachusetts, where she had a daughter at school, intending to attend a reception there in the evening. She packed the necessary wardrobe in a suit case and placed at the bottom beneath the clothing a card case containing four finger rings and $25 in currency. The money was in three bills, two for $10 each and one for $5, and she wrapped them around the rings before placing them in…
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