Case Name: JOHN D. BRANNING, Appellant, v. ASAHEL HOLLISTER, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1875-09
Citations: 12 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 351
Docket Number: 
Parties: JOHN D. BRANNING, Appellant, v. ASAHEL HOLLISTER, Respondent.
Judges: Present — LeaRned, P. J., Boaedman and James, JJ.
Reporter: Supreme Court Reports (Hun)
Volume: 12
Pages: 351–351

Head Matter:
JOHN D. BRANNING, Appellant, v. ASAHEL HOLLISTER, Respondent.
Contract for sale of land — rights of vendor and vendee vmde/r.
Appeal from a judgment in favor of the defendant, entered upon an order nonsuiting the plaintiff.
This action was brought for the conversion of hemlock bark. It appeared upon the trial that the defendant was the owner of the land on which the bai’k was cut; that it was wild land, and there was no house on it; that the plaintiff dived nine miles off; that the year before the agreement for cutting the bark, the plaintiff had made a contract for the purchase of the land from the defendant ; that the plaintiff made a contract with defendant to peel and pile for him the bark on this land, at a certain price; that the defendant cut and peeled this bark, and sold and delivered it to another person. The General Term held, that the title to the bark was not in the plaintiff, and affirmed the judgment. {Cooyer v. Slower, 9 Johns., 331; Wan Deusen v. Young, 29 Barb., 9.)
A. C. Niven, for appellant. 1. Anderson, for respondent.

Opinion:
Opinion by
Leaened, P. J.
Present — LeaRned, P. J., Boaedman and James, JJ.
Judgment affirmed, with costs.