Case Name: Jacob Levine, Respondent, v. Jacob Fishman, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1929-06-27
Citations: 134 Misc. 350
Docket Number: 
Parties: Jacob Levine, Respondent, v. Jacob Fishman, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 134
Pages: 350–351

Head Matter:
Jacob Levine, Respondent, v. Jacob Fishman, Appellant.
Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department,
June 27, 1929.
Jacob E. Rose, for the appellant.
Morris Richmond, for the respondent.

Opinion:
Pee Cueiam.
By plaintiff's own story the indorsed notes were accepted by him conditionally. On demand he refused to give them up. He had no power to hold them for any other purpose than to consult his lawyer as to whether he would retain them. The retention as matter of law constitutes an acceptance of them as payment.
Judgment reversed, with thirty dollars costs, and complaint dismissed on the merits, with costs.
Bijue and Petebs, JJ., concur; Callahan, J., dissents.