Gock v. Keneda
New York Supreme Court
MOTION by the plaintiffs for a new trial, upon exceptions. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Marvin, J.
The parties are Indians, residing on the Cattaraugus reservation. The plaintiffs were tenants in common of two pairs of steers, of the value of $170, and the defendants converted them to their own use, and this action was brought to recover damages for such conversion. The action had been pending some time, when the defendants settled it with Abraham John, one of the plaintiffs, for the sum of two dollars, John executing a paper to that effect, intending however not to release Cock’s share of the cattle, but intending to settle the action. The judge at the circuit held…
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