Case Name: Adolph Lucker, Respondent, v. Max Gross, as one of the Marshals of the City of New York, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1900-04
Citations: 31 Misc. 750
Docket Number: 
Parties: Adolph Lucker, Respondent, v. Max Gross, as one of the Marshals of the City of New York, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 31
Pages: 750–751

Head Matter:
Adolph Lucker, Respondent, v. Max Gross, as one of the Marshals of the City of New York, Appellant.
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Municipal Court of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, rendered in favor of the plaintiff, upon a trial had without a jury.
Action for a conversion.
Ignace I. Apfel (Abraham B. Schleimer, of counsel), for appellant.
Hugo S. Mack, for respondent.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
There was sufficient evidence adduced in the defendant's behalf to cast upon the plaintiff the burden of. showing the bona fides of the alleged transfer of the saloon by one Jacob Feller, to him.
The proof, however, fails to disclose when such sale was made; the consideration, if any, actually given therefor; when the change of possession, if any, took place; and the circumstances surrounding the transaction.
There being thus a failure of proof of these essential facts, the justice clearly erred in denying the motion to dismiss the complaint made at the close of the case; and in giving judgment for the plaintiff.
The judgment must, therefore, be reversed and a new trial ordered, with costs to the appellant to abide the event.
Present: Beekman, P. J., Giegbrich and O'Gorman, JJ.
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Judgment reversed and new trial ordered, with costs to appellant to abide event.