Case Name: JOHN H. SMITH, Resp't, v. JOHN SATTERLEE et al., App'lts
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1887-02-15
Citations: 6 N.Y. St. Rep. 866
Docket Number: 
Parties: JOHN H. SMITH, Resp’t, v. JOHN SATTERLEE et al., App’lts.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York State Reporter
Volume: 6
Pages: 866–866

Head Matter:
SECOND DEPARTMENT, GENERAL TERM
Filed February 15, 1887.
JOHN H. SMITH, Resp’t, v. JOHN SATTERLEE et al., App’lts.
Counter-claim—Money received for another’s use.
Appeal from a judgment entered upon the report of a referee in favor plaintiff.
A. & A. X. Fallon, for app’lts; A. A. Demurest, for resp’t.

Opinion:
Dykman, J.
This action is founded upon an indebtedness of the defendant to U. S. Lutz, which came to the plaintiff by assignment.
The defense was a counter-claim, and the specific allegation and claim of the defendants was that Lutz had received from them $80.84 to be paid to one Munsell, which he had failed to pay over.
The proof introduced to show the money in the hands or possession of Lutz was very unsatisfactory, and Lutz denied its receipt, and denied that he ever admitted its reception.
The referee found for the plaintiff upon such dispute as there was and his decision is held sustained by the testimony.
The judgment should be affirmed, with costs.
Barnard, P. J., and Pratt, J., concur.