Kearney v. City of Elmira

Separate actions were brought by the plaintiffs against the defendants herein to recover possession of certain slot machines. The actions were brought in the City Court of Elmira, resulting in a dismissal of the complaint as against the city and judgments against the defendant chief of police, in favor of the plaintiffs, which judgments were reversed and a new trial granted upon appeal to Chemung County Court, and from said judgments of reversal the appeals herein are taken. The cases were tried together upon the same record, and the issues presented are identical.

Plaintiffs were arrested…