Legal Opinion

Breed v. Ruoff

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided July 1, 1900PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Submission of a controversy upon an agreed statement of facts pursuant to section 1279 of the Code of Civil Procedure. The- receivers of a building and loan association are plaintiffs, and a borrowing member of such association and his wife are defendants.

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Submission of a controversy upon an agreed statement of facts pursuant to section 1279 of the Code of Civil Procedure. The- receivers of a building and loan association are plaintiffs, and a borrowing member of such association and his wife are defendants. The controversy concerns a loan made by the association to the defendant- Leonard Ruoff, Sr. The New York National Building and Loan Association was incorporated in 1890, under chapter 122 of the Laws of 1851, entitled “An act for the - incorporation of building, mutual loan and accumulating fund associations,” and the acts amendatory…

1Opinion of the Court

Jenks, J.:

•As a loan to defendant the association advanced one-half of the estimated maturity value of his fifty shares, namely, $2,500, and he-agreed to pay interest monthly thereon at the rate of six per cent per annum, and also to continue his monthly payments of his dues-upon the said fifty shares; The bond, mortgage and assignment of the shares were executed as security. As neither premium in cash-, nor interest of any kind upon the premium bid was required, this case differs from the cases where, incident to the loan, an - actual payment of bonus or of premium is exacted. The premium…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Leahy v. National Building & Loan Ass'nWisconsin Supreme Court · 1898
  2. Concordia Savings and Aid Ass'n v. . ReadNew York Court of Appeals · 1883
  3. Curtis v. Granite State Provident Ass'nSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1897
  4. People v. . LoweNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
  5. Post v. Building & Loan Ass'nTennessee Supreme Court · 1896

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Preston v. LamanoNew York Supreme Court · 1905
  2. People v. New York Building-Loan Banking Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905
  3. Robinson v. SpencerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902
  4. People v. New York Building Loan Banking Co.New York Supreme Court · 1904
  5. Huntington Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Cocker, New York County Courts1933

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