Corn Exchange Bank v. American Dock & Trust Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the American Dock and Trust Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 30th day of June, 1896, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 24th day of June, 1896, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
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Appeal by the defendant, the American Dock and Trust Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 30th day of June, 1896, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 24th day of June, 1896, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes. This”'action was brought to recover damages for the conversion of certain cotton represented by certain storage warehouse receipts assigned to the plaintiff — a demand having been made for the…
1Opinion of the Court
Ingraham, J.:
Actions against this defendant upon warehouse receipts similar in form to the one in suit have been before the Court of Appeals upon three appeals, and we have, in determining this appeal, only to apply *454the rules settled by the court. M. W. Stone, the president of the defendant, was, under express authority froin the board of directors, authorized to sign warehouse receipts. ■ Stone took to the plaintiff, and delivered to it, for a valuable consideration, a receipt signed by himself as president, whereby he certified that there had been received in storage at the American docks,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Hanover National Bank v. American Dock & Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1896
- Bank of N.Y.N.B. Assn. v. . A.D. T. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1894
- Corn Exchange Bank v. American Dock & Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1896