Tabor v. Van Tassell
New York Court of Appeals
This was an action to recover a balance alleged to be in the hands of defendants of tbnavails. of property belonging to him sold by them as auctioneers. Plaintiff claimed title to • the property under a bill of sale from one Snow. The defense was a denial of the ownership, and that the said balance was levied on by virtue of an attachment against Snow.
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This was an action to recover a balance alleged to be in the hands of defendants of tbnavails. of property belonging to him sold by them as auctioneers. Plaintiff claimed title to • the property under a bill of sale from one Snow. The defense was a denial of the ownership, and that the said balance was levied on by virtue of an attachment against Snow. Upon a former trial a judgment for defendants was reversed, the General Term holding “ that the bona fides of the title (plaintiff’s) could not be looked into,” and upon the second trial the only question in controversy was whether the bill of…
1Opinion of the Court
Danforth, J.,
reads for reversal; Folger, Ch. J., Earl and Finch, JJ., concur; Rapallo and Andrews, JJ., dissent; Miller, J., did not vote.
Judgment reversed.
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