Gowing v. Warner
City of New York Municipal Court
Appeal from a judgment, entered upon a verdict in favor of the plaintiffs, and from an order denying a motion for a new trial.
1Opinion of the Court
Comxam, J.-
This is an action to recover certain chattels, or their value, with damages for the retention of the same. The answer was a general denial, and it affirmatively alleged that the defendants had in good faith bought the goods without collusion and without fraud or notice of the plaintiffs’ claim.
The plaintiffs’ firm were commission dealers, and in August and September, 1893, had dealings with the firm of Gerrish & Co., to whom they sold goods of the value of $1,202.70. On October 7, 1893, Gerrish & Oo. executed a bill of sale to the defendants of all the goods in the store of the…
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- Pollock v. . Pennsylvania Iron Works CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1898
- Meyer v. Suburban Home Co.Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1899
- Cooper Manufacturing Co. v. De ForestAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896
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- Ditton v. PurcellNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1911