Newcomb v. La Roe
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Warren Putnam Newcomb, as executor, etc., 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 20th day of October, 1914, upon the verdict of a jury rendered by direction of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
This action was brought on the theory that $757.50 advanced by the plaintiff’s testator for the purchase of a bond for the defendant by the stock brokerage firm of Degener & Burke, and other moneys aggregating $507.56 advanced by him to her for her account with said firm or paid to said firm by him for her account, constituted loans from him to her aggregating $1,265.06, and judgment was demanded for that amount. The defendant pleaded payment and proved the repayment of $500 by her check, and that evidence is uncontroverted. At the close of the evidence both parties moved for a…
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- Newcomb v. La RoeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1914