6 N.Y.S. 708 | N.Y. Sup. Ct. | 1888
The action was brought for damages for the conversion of two parcels of personal property. Each parcel constituted a separate and distinct cause of action from the other, and the answer of the defendant consisted of a general denial of each and every allegation contained in the complaint. Upon the trial of the action the court held the plaintiff not entitled to maintain it for the second cause of action, on the ground that his title was derived through agreements intended as chattel mortgages, and which were