Gause v. Commonwealth Trust Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Harry T. Cause, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 20th day of June, 1907, upon the dismissal of the complaint by direction of the court after a trial at the New York Trial Term and receiving a verdict of the jury on special questions submitted.
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
The defendant is a domestic trust company. It was incorporated under the name of the Trust Company of the Republic on the 29th day of March, 1902, and its name was changed on the 12th day of October, 1903. . The action is brought to recover damages for the breach of a contract in writing, bearing date the 28th day of August, 1902, and purporting to have been made by and. between the Trust Company of the Republic, as party of the first part, and the plaintiff as party of the second part. The agreement acknowledges the consideration of one dollar moving to the plaintiff from the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Vought v. Eastern Building & Loan Ass'nNew York Court of Appeals · 1902
- Quackenboss v. Globe & Rutgers Fire InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1903
- Karsch v. Pottier & Stymus Manufacturing & Improvement Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
- Gause v. Commonwealth Trust Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1906
- Gause v. Commonwealth Trust Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905
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