Central Trust Co. v. Folsom
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, The Central Trust Company of New York, as substituted trustee of the separate estate of Isabel von Linden, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 10th day of April, 1891, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the New York Special Term dismissing the complaint.
1Opinion of the Court
Patterson, J.:
This action was brought to compel the surrender to the plaintiff of a certain bond and mortgage which, it was alleged,, belonged to a trust of which the plaintiff was the trustee, and which it was claimed wrongfully came into the possession of the defendant George W. Folsom. There was no imputation of any direct or intended wrongdoing on Mr. Folsom’s part. It appeared that he was the owner of the premises upon which the mortgage was a lien. Prior to July, 1883, that bond and mortgage belonged to Ada L. Sutton. In September, 1885, it was assigned by Ada L. Sutton *41(Saaltield) to…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Smith v. . KiddNew York Court of Appeals · 1877
- Doubleday v. . KressNew York Court of Appeals · 1872
- Crane v. . GruenewaldNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
3Cited by3 opinions
- Miller v. MyersNew York Supreme Court · 1912
- Central Trust Co. v. FolsomAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
- Raegener v. TynbergNew York Supreme Court · 1900