Corn Exchange Bank v. Cumberland Coal Co.
The Superior Court of New York City
Case upon a verdict for the plaintiffs, taken subject to the opinion of the Court at General Term. This action was tried before Oh. J. Oakley and a jury, in December, 1856. It was brought to recover a quarter’s rent of certain rooms in a building belonging to the plaintiffs.
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Case upon a verdict for the plaintiffs, taken subject to the opinion of the Court at General Term. This action was tried before Oh. J. Oakley and a jury, in December, 1856. It was brought to recover a quarter’s rent of certain rooms in a building belonging to the plaintiffs. It was alleged that the defendants had leased the rooms for one year, at the rent of $2,500. The controversy turned solely on the validity of the contract of hiring, and all the material facts upon which the decision of the question depended are fully stated in the opinion of tfye Court.
1Opinion of the CourtBy the Court. Woodruff, J.
It appears by the evidence herein, without contradiction, that by the by-laws of the defendants, it is provided that their concerns “ shall be managed by a president and a board of twelve directors, of which board, the president shall be a member, and have the casting vote when the board is equally divided. Or by an executive committee of three directors, * * * and the president in like manner shall have the casting vote when the committee is equally divided, and that at stated meetings the president and four directors, and at intermediate meetings the president and two of the executive…
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