Balz v. Shaw
New York Court of Common Pleas
Appeal from city court, general term. Action by Jacob Balz, Jr., against D. McLean Shaw. From a judgment of the city court (32 N. Y. Supp. 791) affirming a judgment entered on a verdict in favor of plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBookstaver, J.
On the 23d of .December, 1893, two persons, representing themselves to be Mr. and Mrs. Schwartz, called at plaintiff’s place of business to purchase a piano, and, after some negotiations, plaintiff sold them an upright for the sum of $450, the piano being delivered the following day, at 244 West Fifty-Second street, at which time $10 of the purchase price was to be paid, and notes to be given for the remainder, running 60, 90, and 120 days, respectively, to be secured by a chattel mortgage on the piano. The following day the piano was delivered at the place designated, and the $10 was paid by…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Spraights v. . HawleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1868
- Schwinger v. . RaymondNew York Court of Appeals · 1887
- Greenwich Insurance v. Oregon Improvement Co.New York Supreme Court · 1894
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- Talbot v. ShermanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1944