Case Name: ASA W. WICKES, Respondent, v. THE ADIRONDACK COMPANY, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1874
Citations: 9 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 112
Docket Number: 
Parties: ASA W. WICKES, Respondent, v. THE ADIRONDACK COMPANY, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Supreme Court Reports (Hun)
Volume: 9
Pages: 112–112

Head Matter:
ASA W. WICKES, Respondent, v. THE ADIRONDACK COMPANY, Appellant.
Possession — evidence of ownwship—B. B. bonds negotiable
Possession of'personal property is'presumptive evidence of ownership; and this rule applies to all personal property, and to negotiable paper.
Railroad bonds are negotiable; and will pass by delivery.
Appeal from a judgment entered on the report of a referee in favor of the plaintiff in an action brought to recover the interest on two bonds of $1,000, payable to Thomas C. Durant or bearer, executed by the defendant.
A. Pond, for the appellant.
Irving Browne, for the respondent.
1 Greenl. Ev., §34; Fish v. Skut, 21 Barb., 334; James v. Chalmers, 6 N.Y., 209.
Conn. Mut. L. Ins. Co. v. C. O. & C. R. R. Co., 41 Barb., 9, 22.

Opinion:
Opinion by Miller, P. J.
Present—Miller, P. J., Bockes and Boardman, JJ.
Judgment affirmed, with costs.