Case Name: Leonard J. Silver, Resp't, v. Benjamin Sire, App'lt
Court: New York Court of Common Pleas
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1895-12-23
Citations: 71 N.Y. St. Rep. 460
Docket Number: 
Parties: Leonard J. Silver, Resp’t, v. Benjamin Sire, App’lt.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York State Reporter
Volume: 71
Pages: 460–460

Head Matter:
Leonard J. Silver, Resp’t, v. Benjamin Sire, App’lt.
(New York Common Pleas, General Term,
Filed December 23, 1895.)
Appeal—Conflicting evidence.
Where the testimony is very conflicting and confused, the decision of the trial court will not be disturbed on appeal.
Appeal from a judgment entered in favor of plaintiff.
Albert I. Sire, for app’lt;
Julius Silverman, for resp’t.

Opinion:
BOOKSTAVER, J.
Action for damages for the conversion of a safe. Plaintiff bought a safe from Sire & Reisfield, which of a safe. Plaintiff bought a safe from Sire & Reisfield, which was standing in a store at the northeast corner of Thirty-ninth April 1, 1895. When they moved out they left the safe there, and plaintiff claims they afterward sold it to him. A Mr. Stein was in charge of the empty store,, and refused to let the safe go, saying that Mr. Sire so directed him. The defendant denied that he owned the store or the building, or that he had authorized any one to withhold a safe there from the plaintiff, and testified that a Mr. Fountain owned the building. He would not say, however, that he had not brought a suit against Sire and his partner for the rent. . His memory on this important point is very obscure. Stein testified that a man named ITazlett, agent for Fountain, had brought a suit against Sire & Reisfeld, presumably for the rent of the store. Hazlett's office was with Sire, and Sire's employes were accustomed to obey him. The testimony is very conflicting and confused. This confusion could have been cleared by the production of witnesses within reach. There was, however, evidence sufficient to support the finding of the justice, who had all the parties before him, and could best determine where the truth lay.
The judgment will therefore be affirmed, with costs.