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110 Misc. 344

Rich v. Karp

Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · decided 1920-01-15

Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Municipal Court , of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, first district, in favor of the plaintiff, after trial by the court without a jury.

Relies on Meyer v. . Redmond · Miller v. . Harvey

Decided 1920-01-15

Mullan, J.

¶1The defendant auctioneer made no announcement that the goods were not his own. At no time did he reveal the name of the owner, if he *345were not such. He billed the goods in his own name. We are of the opinion that in such circumstances he must be deemed a seller as the term is used in section 127 of the Personal Property Law. See Meyer v. Redmond, 205 N. Y. 478. It is immaterial that title passed before shipment. Miller v. Harvey, 221 N. Y. 54. As the defendant was a seller, and was authorized by the buyer to ship, he was called upon to exercise the care required of any vendor so authorized. He was under no compulsion to attend to the shipping arrangements. But, having consented to ship, he should have shipped properly, and this he failed to do. Miller v. Harvey, supra.

¶2Bijtjr and Pendleton, JJ., concur.

¶3Judgment affirmed, with twenty-five dollars costs.

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