New York & Brooklyn Ferry Co. v. Moore
New York Court of Appeals
These actions, afterwards consolidated and tried together, were brought to recover, and charge upon certain deposits ' and real estate of the defendant, John H. Moore, the amount of moneys alleged to have been received by him as agent of the plaintiffs, and converted to his own use by investment in such real estate, or by making such deposits of the same in his own name, or in that of his mother, in certain savings banks, which were also made defendants.
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These actions, afterwards consolidated and tried together, were brought to recover, and charge upon certain deposits ' and real estate of the defendant, John H. Moore, the amount of moneys alleged to have been received by him as agent of the plaintiffs, and converted to his own use by investment in such real estate, or by making such deposits of the same in his own name, or in that of his mother, in certain savings banks, which were also made defendants. Appeal from a judgment of the general term of the supreme court, reversing judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon the decision of the…
1Opinion of the CourtEarl, J.
The New York and Brooklyn Ferry Company, a corporation, owned and operated ferries between the cities of New York and Brooklyn, from 1864 to May 1,1879, and the New York Ferry Company, a successor to the former company, owned and operated the same ferries from the latter date to the commencement of these actions. The actions were consolidated and tried together as one action, and one judgment was entered for the joint benefit of both plaintiffs, and therefore I will speak of them in this opinion as one action.
The complaint alleges that from about the 1st day of December, 1870, to the 16th day…
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