LaFetra v. Hudson Trust Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Edward B. LaFetra, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 4th day of February, 1922, upon the verdict of a jury rendered by direction of the court after a trial at the New York Trial Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Dowling, J.:
The evidence in this record satisfactorily establishes the following state of facts:
On November 14, 1907, one John H. Springer was a creditor of the New York City Railway Company for which receivers had been appointed by the Federal court in New York city.
Springer’s claims consisted of one for $500 for damages resulting from a collision between an automobile owned by him and a car operated by the company; a claim for $4,000 for damages to an automobile owned by him caused by collision between said automobile and a car of the company, and a claim for $25,000 for damages on account…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Williams v. . IngersollNew York Court of Appeals · 1882
- Holmes v. . EvansNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
- Central Trust Co v. West India Improvement Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1901
- Fairbanks v. . SargentNew York Court of Appeals · 1887
- Beran v. Tradesmen's National BankNew York Court of Appeals · 1893
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