Tucker v. . Gilman
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered upon an order made June 18, 1887, which reversed a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict directed by the court. The nature of the action and the facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion. The cause of action vested in the receiver.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered upon an order made June 18, 1887, which reversed a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict directed by the court. The nature of the action and the facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion. The cause of action vested in the receiver. (Billings v. Robinson, 94 N. Y. 415; L. S. I. Co. v. Drexel, 90 id. 87; Farnsworth v. Wood, 91 id. 308; Laws of 1852, chap. 71; Code Civ. Pro. § 1788; 2 R. S. 463, 469; Drayton v. Borst, 31 N. Y. 435; Atty.-Genl. v. G. M. L. Ins. Co., 77 id.…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curium.
The object of this action was to compel the payment by the defendant of the sum remaining unpaid upon certain shares of stock alleged to have been subscribed for by her in the Kings County Manufacturing Company, a corpora^ tion organized under the General Manufacturing Act of this state of 1848.
The plaintiff insists upon the liability of the defendant to make this payment in order that it may be applied towards the discharge of the indebtedness of the corporation.
The allegations of the complaint, with respect to the defendant’s agreement to take, or to a subscription by her for…
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