Lichtenstein v. Jarvis
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, Robert M. Jarvis and another, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 29th day of December, 189Y, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 8th day of January, 1898, denying the defendants’ motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Van Brunt, P. J.:
This action was brought to recover the value of nine bales of tobacco, the property of the plaintiffs, "stored in the bonded warehouse of the defendants. The complaint alleges the copartnership of the plaintiffs; that the defendants conducted and carried on a public warehouse in the city of New York; that the plaintiffs were the owners of the tobacco in question, and entered into an agreement with the defendants, by which the defendants agreed to safely keep and store for the plaintiffs the tobacco, and to return the same to the plaintiffs upon demand; that the plaintiffs…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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