Sterrett v. Third National Bank

Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the fifth judicial department, entered upon an order made at the October term, 1888, which affirmed a judgment in favor of the plaintiffs entered upon a verdict. This action was for the alleged conversion by defendant of four negotiable certificates representing 4,000 barrels of petroleum oil. The answer was, in substance, a general denial and a justification of the alleged trespass under the levy of an attachment, issued in favor of the defendant against the property of said Sterrett, upon his interest in said certificates, and…