Griffen v. Brown
New York Supreme Court
MOTION by the plaintiffs to set aside a judgment for costs in this case, entered in favor of the defendants, and to award costs to the plaintiffs, upon the report of a referee therein.
1Opinion of the CourtHogeboom, J.
The plaintiffs in this case sued to recover for lighterage and storage of grain for the defendants, about the sum of $500, and the report of the referee *429established their claim, with interest, at nearly that amount.
The defendants, admitting the lighterage and storage of a large quantity of the grain, claimed in their answer that a considerable quantity of the grain was never returned to them, but was lost or wasted or converted by the plaintiffs, and claimed that the plaintiffs should account and pay for the quantity deficient; that such amount should be applied in payment and discharge of…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Cooper v. RobertsSupreme Court of the United States · 1856
- Matteson v. BloomfieldNew York Supreme Court · 1833
- Stilwell v. StaplesThe Superior Court of New York City · 1856
- Peet v. WarthThe Superior Court of New York City · 1858
- Crane v. HolcombNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1858
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- Osborne v. ParkerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901
- Lablache v. KirkpatrickCity of New York Municipal Court · 1885