Taber v. Board of Supervisors
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from special term, Erie county. Action by William D. Taber, as assignee of certain persons, to recover money alleged to have been received by the county of Erie from the state of Mew York as bounties allowed by Laws M. Y. 1865, c. 29, to persons furnishing substitutes for military service during the war.
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Appeal from special term, Erie county. Action by William D. Taber, as assignee of certain persons, to recover money alleged to have been received by the county of Erie from the state of Mew York as bounties allowed by Laws M. Y. 1865, c. 29, to persons furnishing substitutes for military service during the war. On an appeal from an order of the special term denying a motion to set aside a nonsuit, and for a new trial, the general term in January. 1881, handed down the following opinion: “Smith, J. The plaintiff, as the assignee of two hundred and two persons, brings this action to recover…
1Dissent
Corlett, J.,
(dissenting.) This action was to recover for moneys alleged to have been received by the defendant for the plaintiff’s assignors. A trial was had in May, 1890, before a justice and jury. At the close of the evidence a verdict was directed in favor of the plaintiff for $211,851.59, •being $400 each for 201 men, and interest, amounting to $131,451.59. During ■the progress of the civil war, which commenced in 1861, and terminated in 1865, various proclamations were issued by the president to replenish and increase the army, among which was one in July, 1864, for 500,000 men, and…
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