Metropolitan Securities Co. v. Ladd
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Action by William W. Dadd, as receiver of the New York City Railway Company, against the Metropolitan Securities Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Action by William W. Dadd, as receiver of the New York City Railway Company, against the Metropolitan Securities Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error. On writ of error to review a judgment entered February 11, 1909, in the Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York in favor of the plaintiff for $5,271,582.54. The action was tried by the court, a jury trial being waived by written stipulation. The court made numerous findings of fact, those numbered 13, 15, 16, 17, 23, 25,…
1Per curiam
It will he observed from an examination of the pleadings that few of the salient facts are disputed. These facts appear in the opinion of the Circuit Judge, and need not be restated. The question before us is one of law, depending largely upon the construction which is placed upon the second paragraph of schedule B. It will, therefore, be unnecessary to consider the defendant’s exceptions in detail.
On the 22d day of May, 1907, the day on which schedule B was signed, an agreement between the Metropolitan Company and the City Railway Company was also executed, known as “Schedule A,” by which,…
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