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6 Abb. Pr. 394 · The Superior Court of New York City · Jun 15, 1869
Law, 139 ; Story Confl. of L., § 556 ; 2 Kent Com., ed. of 1866, 559 ; Brown Com., 45, 46 ; Westlake Private Int. Law, Art. 468 ; Id., Art. 166 ; Watriss v. Pierce, 32 N. H, 582; Titus v. … To the same effect are the following cases : Dudley v. Mayhew (3 N. Y. [3 Comst.], 9); Hardman v. Brown (39 Id., 196); Smith v. Lockwood ( 13 Barb., 209 ); Eastern Arch. Co. v. Queen (2 El. & Bl.); People v.
Cited 1 timesPublishedVan Wickle v. Mechanics' & Traders' Insurance
16 Jones & S. 95 · The Superior Court of New York City · Feb 6, 1882
The action is on a policy of insurance upon a cargo of coal shipped on board of the canal-boat W. S. Storms, from South Amboy, N. J., to New York city. The defense is unseaworthiness. … This was presumptive evidence of unseaworthiness at the time of her sailing (Wright v. Orient Mut. Ins.
Cited 0 timesPublished9 Abb. Pr. 293 · The Superior Court of New York City · Mar 15, 1870
Pr., 594 et seq.; Brown Comm., 738; Lord Campbell, C. J., in Churchill v. Siggers, 3 Ell. & Bl, 937; Leyland v. Tancred, 16 Q. B., 669; De Medina v. Grove, 10 Adol. & El. N. S., 168; 10 Jur., 426; 11 Id., 145). … Bailey, 50 Barb., 78 ; Fellerman v. Dolan, 7 Abb. Pr., 395 ; Brown v. Cunningham, 21 H ow. Pr., 192).
Cited 1 timesPublished5 Sandf. 614 · The Superior Court of New York City · Apr 15, 1852
(United States v. Grundy, 3 Cranch, 33 .) … United *639 States v.
Cited 2 timesPublished8 Jones & S. 381 · The Superior Court of New York City · Feb 7, 1876
The practice has long prevailed that the court may of its own accord send the jury back to reconsider their verdict, when it appears to be a mistaken one, before it is received and recorded (Root v. … R. 103; Brown n. Clifford, 7 Lansing, 53 ; Vermilye v. Palmer, 52 N. Y. 475 ).
Cited 0 timesPublishedPeople ex rel. New York Underground Railway Co. v. Newton
34 N.Y. St. Rep. 584 · The Superior Court of New York City · Dec 1, 1890
Mygatt v. Supervisors, etc., 11 N. Y., 563 ; People ex rel. Perkins v. Hawkins, 46 id., 9; People ex rel. Martin v. Brown, 55 id., 191.
Cited 0 timesPublishedWalsh v. Commercial, Steam Laundry Co.
11 Misc. 3 · The Superior Court of New York City · Jan 15, 1895
Neg. 983; Burke v. Witherbee, 98 N. Y. 562 ; Probst v. Delamater, 100 id. 266; Marsh v. Chickering, 101 id. 396; Hickey v. Taaffe, 105 id. 26 ; Stringham v. Hilton, 111 id. 188; Dobbins v. Brown, 119 id. 188; Kern v. … Gibson v. R. R. Co., 63 N. Y. 449 ; Shaw v. Sheldon, 103 id. 667; Sweeny v. Berlin Co., 101 id. 520 ; Hickey v. Taaffe, supra; Appel v. R. R. Co., 111 N. Y. 550 ; McQuigan v. R. R. Co., 122 id. 618 ; Reiss v.
Cited 7 timesPublished21 N.Y. St. Rep. 483 · The Superior Court of New York City · Jan 10, 1889
Loubat v. Le Roy, 15 Abb. N. C., 3 -44, at seq.; Ebbinghousen v. Worth Club, 4 Abb. N. C., 300 . … People v. Young Men’s, etc., Society, 65 Barb., 357 .
Cited 0 timesPublished2 Sweeny 378 · The Superior Court of New York City · Apr 30, 1870
This point has been expressly decided by this court, at General Term, in Xenia Bank v. Lee ( 2 Bosw., 694 ; 7 Abb., 372 ). See, also, to same effect, Brown v. Buckingham ( 11 Abb., 387 ; 21 How., 190 ). … Pattison v.
Cited 5 timesPublished11 Duer 164 · The Superior Court of New York City · Jan 20, 1855
In Clarke v. … In Cochran v.
Cited 0 timesPublishedScott v. Metropolitan Elevated Railway Co.
29 Abb. N. Cas. 435 · The Superior Court of New York City · Jan 15, 1893
Brown v. Wakeman, 18 N. Y. Supp. 363 ; s. c., 45 State Rep. 671. Action for eviction. … Wingate v. Haskins, 20 Weekly Dig. 438. Action for the board of defendant’s wife. The defense was that the person boarded by plaintiff was not defendant’s wife.
Cited 0 timesPublished2 Sandf. 444 · The Superior Court of New York City · Apr 21, 1849
(See Brown v. Frost, 10 Paige, 247 .) The contract was not complete as to the purchaser himself, until he paid the whole price. … Catlin v. Jackson, ex dem. Gratz, 8 Johns. 520, 550 ; Lathrop v. Ferguson, 22 Wend. 116 .)
Cited 1 timesPublishedClarissy v. Metropolitan Fire Department
7 Abb. Pr. 352 · The Superior Court of New York City · Mar 15, 1869
I know it has been said in some of the cases (Lyon v. Adams, 4 Serg. & R., 443 ; Gardner v. Board of Health of New York, 10 N. … Local Board of Health, 8 Ell. & B., 801 ; Mersey Dock Trustees v. Gibbs, 1 Ho. of Lords, 93).
Cited 0 timesPublished11 Duer 268 · The Superior Court of New York City · Mar 3, 1855
The defendants, as a committee of the Trustees of the College of Pharmacy, in the city of New York, made a report which was adopted by the Board, and ordered to be transmitted to the Secretary of the Treasury-of the United … It is within the principle established in this state, in Branderzee v.
Cited 0 timesPublished16 Jones & S. 70 · The Superior Court of New York City · Feb 6, 1882
In Hess v. … In Malins v. Brown ( 4 N.
Cited 0 timesPublished39 N.Y. St. Rep. 307 · The Superior Court of New York City · Jan 10, 1891
Jones v. Zoller, 32 Hun, 280 . In Price v. … Hoyt v. Thompson, 19 N. Y., 207, 215-218 ; Olcott v. Tioga R. Co., 27 id., 559; Porter v. Robinson, 30 Hun, 211 .
Cited 0 timesPublished5 Sandf. 447 · The Superior Court of New York City · May 8, 1852
(See Giles v. Comstock, 4 Comst. 275; Astor v. Turner, 11 Paige, 436 .) … S. 192, § 158), and the court does not interfere to compel a delivery of the possession, until the master’s report of sale, which in foreclosures follows the execution of the deed, has been duly confirmed (Brown v.
Cited 12 timesPublished1 Abb. N. Cas. 478 · The Superior Court of New York City · Jan 15, 1877
J., Onslow v. Horne, 3 Wils. 177.) … It contains only a caution to applicants to inform themselves of the kind of house kept by the proprietor, before engaging board and lodging.
Cited 3 timesPublished10 N.Y. St. Rep. 475 · The Superior Court of New York City · Jun 23, 1887
The assignment to Brown, and the release by Brown to the defendants, cannot vary the result when all the attending and surrounding circumstances are considered. … Delevan v. Duncan, 49 N.Y., 485 ; Cockcroft v. R. R., 69 id., 206; Ocean National Bank v. Olcott, 46 id., 16, et seq.; Sturtevant v. Sturtevant, 20 id., 40.
Cited 0 timesPublished3 Rob. 316 · The Superior Court of New York City · Jun 24, 1865
The cases of Aiken v. Wasson, ( 24 N. Y. Rep. 482 .) and Ericsson v. Brown, ( 38 Barb. 390 ,) must be regarded as standing by themselves, and as establishing no general principle. … In the case of Oonant v.
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