Case Name: Jesse Myers, Appellant, v. John C. Brown et al., Copartners under the Firm Name of Brown Brothers & Company, Respondents
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1912-11-19
Citations: 206 N.Y. 718
Docket Number: 
Parties: Jesse Myers, Appellant, v. John C. Brown et al., Copartners under the Firm Name of Brown Brothers & Company, Respondents.
Judges: Concur: Cullen, Ch. J., Gray, Haight, Vann, Werner, Chase and Collin, JJ.
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 206
Pages: 718–718

Head Matter:
Jesse Myers, Appellant, v. John C. Brown et al., Copartners under the Firm Name of Brown Brothers & Company, Respondents.
(Argued October 22, 1912;
decided November 19, 1912.)
Myers v. Brown, 142 App. Div. 658, affirmed.
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered February 7,1911, reversing a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon the report of a referee and granting a new trial in an action brought- by the plaintiff, - as assignee of the First National Bank of Denver, to recover from the defendants the sum of $5,000, of which they had agreed to secure payment to one J. J. Brown at the Yokohama Specie Bank at Tokio, Japan, but which was never paid to such J. J. Brown, but was instead paid to an impostor.
Alexander B. Siegel and J. Markham Marshall for appellant.
Edward T. Bice for respondents.

Opinion:
Order affirmed and judgment absolute ordered against appellant on the stipulation, with costs in all courts; no opinion.
Concur: Cullen, Ch. J., Gray, Haight, Vann, Werner, Chase and Collin, JJ.