Stokes v. Hoffman House
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal from judgment on report of referee. Action by Edward S. Stokes, as receiver of the Hoffman House, against the Hoffman House of New York, as reorganized, to recover money paid by mistake. From a judgment for plaintiff, entered on the report of a referee, and from an order denying defendant’s mo tian for a return of the report for amendment, defendant appeals. Affirmed.
1Opinion of the CourtVan Brunt, P. J.
An action having been commenced by the-Farmers’ Loan & Trust Company, as trustee, against the Hoffman House, a New Jersey corporation, to foreclose certain mortgages-covering leases and chattels belonging to the defendant therein, and which were in the possession of this defendant, and with and upon-which it was carrying on a hotel and café business in the city of New York, on the 21st of December, 1893, an order was made ap pointing Edward S. Stokes receiver of the property covered by the mortgage, to foreclose which the action was brought. The order provided that the said receiver “be, and…
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