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· 11/1/1995

VIGILANT INS v. Hous. Auth.

Citations

  • 660 N.E.2d 1121
  • 87 N.Y.2d 36
  • 637 N.Y.S.2d 342

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • stating that article 8 “governs stocks, bonds and other evidences of indebtedness”
  • holding Article 3 inapplicable to bearer bonds
  • “Conversion is the unauthorized assumption and exercise of the right of ownership over goods belonging to another to the exclusion of the owner’s rights.”
  • “accrual runs from the date the conversion takes place ... and not from discovery or the exercise of diligence to discover”
  • “Conversion is the unauthorized assumption and exercise of the right of ownership over goods belonging to another to the exclusion of the owner’s rights.”
  • “[Ajccrual runs from the date the conversion takes place, and not from discovery or the exercise of diligence to discover.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Kaye and Judges Simons, Titone, Smith, Levine and Ciparick Concur

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