Soper v. St. Regis Paper Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal from special term, Kings county. Action by Frederick D. Soper against the St. Regis Paper Company. From an order of the special term directing a judgment for plaintiff on the pleadings (77 N. Y. Supp. 896), defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtWoodward, J.
This action was brought to recover on a promissory note of $2,000, made by defendant July 1, 1899, to the Forest Land & Mill Company, and thereafter transferred to the plaintiff, and was commenced August 23,-1901. The defendant answered on August 23, 1901, interposing as a defense that the plaintiff and others, in the sale of a large tract of forest land in the Adirondacks, practiced a fraud upon the defendant; that the note in question was given in part payment of the said land, and was transferred to the plaintiff with full knowledge of the alleged fraud, he being a party to the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Fleischmann v. . SternNew York Court of Appeals · 1882
- Staten Island Midland Railroad v. HinchliffeNew York Court of Appeals · 1902
- Rodgers v. . ClementNew York Court of Appeals · 1900
- Smith v. . CoeNew York Court of Appeals · 1902
- Tisdale v. President of the Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1889
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