Corn Exchange Bank v. Peabody
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, Henry W. Peabody and others, composing the firm of Henry W. Peabody and Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Hew York on the 3d day of April, 1905, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 3d day of April, 1905, denying the defendants’ motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
McLaughlin, J.:
This action was brought to recover the value of certain goat skins.alleged to-have been wrongfully converted by the"defendants. These skins, consisting of • two lots — one designated M. H. S: CL V. and the other D. R.—-were stored by plan tiff’s assignor at different times with one Weber in warehouses kept by him. The defendants had also stored similar skins • in the same warehouses,-' The warehouseman made a general assignment for the benefit of creditors and thereupon the defendants, being unable to obtain possession of their skins, from the assignees, brought an action for…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Markham v. . JaudonNew York Court of Appeals · 1869
- Crane v. . BennettNew York Court of Appeals · 1904
- Matthews v. . CoeNew York Court of Appeals · 1872
- Flagler v. HearstAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904
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