Legal Opinion
General Stencils, Inc. v. Chiappa
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 7, 1966PublishedCited by 150 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBurke, J.
Plaintiff instituted this suit to recover the sum of $32,985.63 on the ground that defendant converted this amount out of petty cash funds during the period of January, 1953 to July, 1962 while in its employ as head bookkeeper. It further alleged that defendant fraudulently concealed her defalcations whereupon they did not come to plaintiff’s notice until about November, 1962. Defendant generally denied the complaint in her answer and interposed as an affirmative defense the three-year conversion Statute of Limitations (CPLR 214). The jury awarded plaintiff $8,500.
*127The trial court reduced the…
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