Grange v. Palmer
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from judgment on report of referee. Action by John D. Grange against Andrew L. Palmer. There was judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMayham, J.
This is an appeal from a judgment entered upon the report of a referee. The action was for the recovery of a quantity of lumber or its value. The complaint alleged the wrongful taking and detention of 100,000 feet of spruce and hemlock logs, and demands judgment for the recovery of -the possession, or for the value of the same if the possession cannot be obtained. The answer denies the allegations of the complaint, and sets up a special contract in writing and under seal, under which the defendant claims that the title to the logs in question, before the alleged conversion, became the…
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