Crounse v. Syracuse, Chenango & New York Railroad
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from an order made at a Special Term, confirming the report of a referee appointed to ascertain the damages sustained by an injunction granted herein.
1Opinion of the Court
LeaeNed, P. J.:
This is an appeal from an order confirming the report of a referee, appointed on application of defendants for an assessment of the damages, sustained by them by reason of an injunction.
The circumstances under which the injunction was granted are peculiar. The Syracuse, Chenango and New York Railroad Company had been in the hands of a receiver from January, 1879, to May, 1883, and for two years it had had no board of directors. It had been held by the- General Term, that, until a board of directors should be elected, no order could be made to restore the property to their…
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- Wilde v. Alfred & Louis JoelThe Superior Court of New York City · 1857
- Packer v. . NevinNew York Court of Appeals · 1876
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