Barry v. Fisher
New York Supreme Court
Motion to release property from the levy of an attachment. This action was brought by John S. Barry against J. Harmanus Fisher, Harry Fisher and Parks Fisher, to recover damages for the conversion or detention of property of the plaintiff. The allegations of the complaint were as follows : “ That the said plaintiff is and was, at all the times in this complaint hereinafter mentioned, a. resident and doing business in the city of Baltimore and State of.
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Motion to release property from the levy of an attachment. This action was brought by John S. Barry against J. Harmanus Fisher, Harry Fisher and Parks Fisher, to recover damages for the conversion or detention of property of the plaintiff. The allegations of the complaint were as follows : “ That the said plaintiff is and was, at all the times in this complaint hereinafter mentioned, a. resident and doing business in the city of Baltimore and State of. Maryland, and that the above-named defendants, during all said times, were, and still are copartners, carrying on business as bankers and…
1Opinion of the CourtG. G. Barnard, J.
The affidavit on which the attachment was issued states, in substance, that the action is brought against the defendants for the wrongful conversion of personal property of the plaintiff, and the complaint, which is made a part of the affidavit, alleges, that in consequence of the wrongful sales, detentions and conversions therein mentioned, the plaintiff has sustained damage in the sum of one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars, and judgment for that amount is demanded, and interest from the first day of October, 1889. The plaintiff and defendant are residents of the city of Baltimore.…
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