Slingerland v. . Bennett

Decided April 18, 1876

New York Court of Appeals · decided 1876-04-18

This was an action for .frapd. Defendant purchased of plaintiff a pair of horses, turning out in part payment a promissory note. Held: error; that.plaintiff was not obliged to sue the note as a condition precedent to his right to recover; the; posts .were not flle proximate result or the natural consequence of the fraud; and therefore were not a proper item of damages.

Cited by 2 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently May 1908

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Decided 1876-04-18

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Per Curiam

¶1 opinion for reversal and new trial, unless plaintiff stipulates to deduct from the recovery the sum of ninety-three dollars and thirty-six cents, and-if he so stipulates, the judgment, as so modified, affirmed.

¶2 All concur.

¶3 Judgment accordingly