Orcutt v. Rickenbrodt
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Amelia Orcutt, from a judgment of the County Court of Chautauqua county in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk" of the county of Chautauqua on the 12th day of January, 1899, upon the .decision of the court dismissing the plaintiff’s complaint upon the merits.
1Opinion of the Court
Adams, J.:
The plaintiff brings this action to recover damages for the alleged conversion by the defendant of a piano which the plaintiff claims to have purchased of her husband, Jamies Orcutt. Such purchase was evidenced by a bill of sale under seal dated May 11, 1896, which recited a full consideration of $204.
The piano was originally purchased by Orcutt of one J. W. Reid under a special contract by the terms of which the title to the piano was to remain in the vendor until the purchase price thereof ($350) *239had been fully paid. Orcutt paid $50-at the time of executing the contract, but has…
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