Logan v. Fidelity-Phenix Fire Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Fidelity-Phenix Fire Insurance Company of ¡New York, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 17th day of October, 1912, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 23d day of October, 1912, denying defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Burr, J.:
Plaintiff alleges that on October 27, 1909, he was the owner of 1,400 shares of stock of the American Sugar Refining Company; that at that time he loaned it to the Phenix Insurance Company (to whose obligations defendant has succeeded), to be returned on demand, and that on December 18, 1909, he demanded the return of said stock, which was refused. In an action for conversion he has recovered a verdict for $198,375, the value of said stock. From a judgment entered thereon and from an order denying a motion for a new trial" this appeal is taken.
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