Legal Opinion
Majewski v. Farley
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 3, 1922PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Dowling, J.:
The plaintiff is a member of the police department of the city of New York. On April 30, 1919, at about eleven-five p. m., while off duty, he found on the street fourteen fifty-dollar Liberty bonds, which he immediately took to the station house and turned in there to the police department for the purpose of having them advertised and the true owner ascertained. Thereafter he made a demand on the property clerk of the police department for the return of the bonds, which had not been claimed, and not receiving them, he commenced the present action in replevin on October 6, 1920, to…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- People ex rel. Clifford v. ScannellAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902
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- McAvoy v. Press Publishing Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1906
- People Ex Rel. MacNish v. . WaldoNew York Court of Appeals · 1914
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