I. Townsend Burden v. Burden
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered July-22, 1896, affirming a judgment of the Special Term dismissing the complaint, except as to the provisions for an injunction forbidding the defendants individually and as members' of the board of trustees of t)ie Burden Iron Company from prosecuting what is called, in the complaint, “fancy farming,” at the expense of the company.
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Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered July-22, 1896, affirming a judgment of the Special Term dismissing the complaint, except as to the provisions for an injunction forbidding the defendants individually and as members' of the board of trustees of t)ie Burden Iron Company from prosecuting what is called, in the complaint, “fancy farming,” at the expense of the company. This was an action in equity, the nature of which and the facts relating thereto, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The court erred in…
1Opinion of the CourtBartlett, J.
It is conceded by the learned counsel for the appellant that as the facts have been finally determined in the lower courts, the only questions discussed on this appeal are those of law, arising upon the facts found at the trial. It is, therefore, necessary to state, as briefly as possible, the important facts contained in three volumes of the printed record and three hundred and thirty-eight separate findings, before approaching the discussion of legal questions submitted in voluminous briefs.
Henry Burden, the father of three sons, William, now deceased; Townsend, the present plaintiff, and…
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