Model Building & Loan Ass'n v. Reeves
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, The Model Building and Loan Association of Mott Haven, from so much of 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 February, 1921, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the New York Special Term, as dismisses the complaint herein as to the respondents.
1Opinion of the Court
Page, J.:
The respondents and a defendant, who does not appeal and who hereafter will be designated as the defaulter, were copartners in the practice of the law, and had as their client the Model Building and Loan Association of Mott Haven, hereinafter denominated the association. The facts were for the most part stipulated, and from them it appears that the defaulter, while acting in his capacity as a member of the firm, appropriated and converted to his own use moneys that came into his possession in satisfaction of mortgages belonging to the association, in some instances depositing checks…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Lightfoot v. . DavisNew York Court of Appeals · 1910
- Griswold v. . HavenNew York Court of Appeals · 1862
- Model Building & Loan Ass'n v. ReevesNew York Supreme Court · 1921
- In re the Application of McGuinnessAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902
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