Case Name: Michael Corcoran, Respondent, v. Huntington Lumber and Coal Company, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1924-11
Citations: 211 A.D. 803
Docket Number: 
Parties: Michael Corcoran, Respondent, v. Huntington Lumber and Coal Company, Appellant.
Judges: Present — Kelly, P. J., Rich, Manning, Kelby and Kapper, JJ.
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 211
Pages: 803–804

Head Matter:
Michael Corcoran, Respondent, v. Huntington Lumber and Coal Company, Appellant.

Opinion:
Judgment and order unanimously affirmed, with costs. This ease was tried with Smith v. Huntington Lumber & Coal Co. (post, p. 807), decided herewith. The action is to recover for damage to an automobile in possession of plaintiff as bailee at the time of the accident. He was trying the car out with the intention of purchasing it, and as matter of fact thereafter paid for the car, which was never returned to the possession of the former owner. The action for damages to the automobile might be maintained by bailor or the bailee. But one action can be maintained, and a recovery by one party is a bar to an action by the other. (First Commercial Bank v. Valentine, 209 N. Y. 145, 150; Green v. Clarke, 12 id. 343, 352; Baird v. Daly, 57 id. 236, 245; Thompson v. Fargo, 49 id. 188, 191.)
Present — Kelly, P. J., Rich, Manning, Kelby and Kapper, JJ.