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16 Misc. 682

Riker v. Curtis

City of New York Municipal Court

Decided March 15, 1896

City of New York Municipal Court · decided 1896-03-15

Appeal from a judgment entered on the veidiet' of a jiuy in favor of the plaintiff and from an order denying a motion for a new trial

Decided 1896-03-15

O’Dwyer, J.

¶1The action is brought to recover the amount of two alleged loans to the defendant and the claim is resisted upon the ground that the moneys in question were not received by the defendant as a loan, but in payment for the sale of a certain claim, and further, that if the transaction was a loan, then that the claim is. barred by the Statute of Limitations.

¶2The evidence was conflicting and the learned court, in a charge as favorable to the defendant as he could ask, submitted both questions to the jury for determination.

¶3There is evidence tó sustain their verdict for the plaintiff, and in our opinion the evidence is preponderating in favor of the finding of the jury.

¶4There are no exceptions' that require discussion and the judgment and order appealed from should be affirmed, with costs.

¶5Fitzsimons and Conlan, JJ., concur. .

¶6Judgment and order affirmed, with costs.

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