Case Name: Black and Boyd Manufacturing Company, Inc., Appellant, v. Grand and First Street Corporation, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1933-07
Citations: 240 A.D. 766
Docket Number: 
Parties: Black and Boyd Manufacturing Company, Inc., Appellant, v. Grand and First Street Corporation, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 240
Pages: 766–766

Head Matter:
Black and Boyd Manufacturing Company, Inc., Appellant, v. Grand and First Street Corporation, Respondent.

Opinion:
Order setting aside verdict and granting a new trial unanimously affirmed, with costs. The action is plainly one for conversion, and the rule of damages is well settled in such a case. The decision of tMs court in American Stove Company v. Weisberg-Goldman Corp. (238 App. Div. 788, decided February 10, 1933) awarded damages in a similar case on the basis of the value of the converted chattels at the time of the conversion. Present — Lazansky, P. J., Kapper, Hagarty, Carswell and Tompkins, JJ.