Hanover National Bank v. American Dock & Trust Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered upon an order made January 18, 1894, which reversed a judgment in favor of defendant entered upon a verdict directed by the court, and also reversed an order denying a motion for a new trial, and ordered a new trial.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered upon an order made January 18, 1894, which reversed a judgment in favor of defendant entered upon a verdict directed by the court, and also reversed an order denying a motion for a new trial, and ordered a new trial. The plaintiff, a national bank, brought this action against the defendant, a corporation created by chapter 881 of the Laws of 1872 and engaged in carrying on a warehouse and storage business, to recover the possession of a quantity of cotton, or, if delivery could not be had,…
1Opinion of the CourtVann, J.
As a verdict was directed against the plaintiff, it is entitled to the most favorable inferences that can fairly be drawn from the evidence. (Raabe v. Squier, 148 N. Y. 81.) The jury, therefore, might have found the facts as they appear in the foregoing statement, and might have drawn such inferences from'tlxose facts as any reasonable view thereof would permit.
A certificate issued by the defendant was negotiable, and a purchaser thereof, for value and without notice of any fact to put him on inquiry, was entitled to receive from the defendant the property described therein on payment of the…
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