Richardson v. . Crandall
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from, an order of the General Term of the Supreme Court, in the fifth judicial district, reversing a judgment in favor of defendant, entered on the decision of the court on a trial, without a jury. The action was brought by the plaintiff to recover the possession of twenty-two war loan bonds, issued by the county of Oneida, of the estimated value of $20,000, and damages for the unlawful detention thereof from him.
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Appeal from, an order of the General Term of the Supreme Court, in the fifth judicial district, reversing a judgment in favor of defendant, entered on the decision of the court on a trial, without a jury. The action was brought by the plaintiff to recover the possession of twenty-two war loan bonds, issued by the county of Oneida, of the estimated value of $20,000, and damages for the unlawful detention thereof from him. The complaint sets forth facts showing the plaintiff’s ownership of the said bonds, under a title derived from Aaron Richardson, the former lawful owner and holder thereof,…
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The defendant was provost marshal of the twenty-first congressional district of the State of New York, and in January, 1865, was engaged in enlisting and mustering men into the military service of the United States, under the call of the president, of December, 1864. Richardson was engaged in furnishing men to fill the quotas of certain towns; and the defendant, as such provost marshal, before he would enlist and muster in the men, required of him the deposit of the bonds, as security that the men presented by him, then and thereafter, and mustered into the military service of the United…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- The Oneida Bank v. . the Ontario BankNew York Court of Appeals · 1860
- Atcheson v. . MallonNew York Court of Appeals · 1870
- Burrall v. AckerCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1840
- The Sacketts Harbor Bank v. . CoddNew York Court of Appeals · 1858
- Winter v. . KinneyNew York Court of Appeals · 1848
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