Lewis v. Pollack
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiffs, Frederick W. Lewis and another, comprising the copartnership of Fred W. Lewis & Company, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 7th day of Hay, 1903, granting the .defendant’s motion to Vacate an order of arrest theretofore granted herein."
1Opinion of the Court
Hatch, J.: ' •.The original complaint in this action averred two separate and distinct causes of action, In the first the plaintiffs: aver that they are. dealers in diamonds and other precious stones, and that for several years they have been selling diamonds to the defendant, but have never allowed him a credit exceeding $2,000 ; that the defendant, came to plaintiffs and, for the purpose'of .securing more credit from them,' represented that his business was'constantly increasing; that he practically owed nothing, except what he. owed the plaintiffs ; that his debts had been constantly…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Penniman v. Fuller & Warren Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1892
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