Legal Opinion

Darlington v. . Mayor, C., of New York

New York Court of Appeals

Decided January 5, 1865PublishedCited by 111 opinions

Appeal by the defendants from an order reversing a judgment of nonsuit and directing a new trial, the defendants, with their notice of appeal, stipulating the judgment absolute in case the judgment of this court should be against them. The action was brought in the Superior Court of Hew York, under an act entitled “an act for compensating parties whose property may be destroyed in consequence of mobs and riots.”

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Appeal by the defendants from an order reversing a judgment of nonsuit and directing a new trial, the defendants, with their notice of appeal, stipulating the judgment absolute in case the judgment of this court should be against them. The action was brought in the Superior Court of Hew York, under an act entitled “an act for compensating parties whose property may be destroyed in consequence of mobs and riots.” (Laws 1855, ch. 428.) The complaint set forth the loss of personal property of the plaintiff, to a small amount, by the setting fire to the building on which it was kept, by a riotous…

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2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Boyd's Lessee v. GravesSupreme Court of the United States · 1819
  2. Mayor of New-York v. BaileyNew York Supreme Court · 1845
  3. Brewster v. . City of SyracuseNew York Court of Appeals · 1859
  4. People v. MorrisNew York Supreme Court · 1835
  5. Roosevelt v. . DraperNew York Court of Appeals · 1861

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3Cited by111 opinions

  1. City of Trenton v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1923
  2. Werlein v. New OrleansSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
  3. Robertson v. ZimmermannNew York Court of Appeals · 1935
  4. People of the State of N.Y. v. . IngersollNew York Court of Appeals · 1874
  5. Springfield Fire & Marine Insurance v. Village of KeesevilleNew York Court of Appeals · 1895

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