Cowen v. Pressprich
New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
194 N.Y.S. 926 (1922)
Relevant factsFree
Following the Appellate Term's affirmance of the sellers' conversion judgment against the buyers over a mistakenly delivered and subsequently lost railroad bond, the buyers appealed further to the Appellate Division, which adopted the reasoning of Justice Lehman's dissent from the case's earlier stage.
IssueFree
Whether an involuntary bailee has a duty to return goods delivered by mistake, if the bailee has not acted to create a bailment contract or engaged in a wrongful act.