Legal Opinion

McGuire v. . Hughes

New York Court of Appeals

Decided March 11, 1913PublishedCited by 26 opinions

Appeal, by permission, from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered December 30, 1910, which affirmed a determination of the Appellate Term affirming a judgment of the City Court of the City of New York in favor of the defendant. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The disposition made of this case violates the settled principles of contract.

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Appeal, by permission, from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered December 30, 1910, which affirmed a determination of the Appellate Term affirming a judgment of the City Court of the City of New York in favor of the defendant. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The disposition made of this case violates the settled principles of contract. (Edson v. Hammond, 142 App. Div. 697; Fay v. Brooklyn H R. R. Co., 69 App. Div. 563; McDonald v. Met. St. R. Co., 167 N. Y. 66; Bradley v.…

1Opinion of the CourtGray, J.

This action was brought to recover the reasonable value of services rendered by the plaintiff as a physician, at the request of the defendant, to the latter’s daughter, a married woman living with her husband. The plaintiff was nonsuited at the trial, which was had in the City Court of the city of New York, and the judgment entered in favor of the defendant, dismissing the complaint, has been affirmed by the Appellate Term and by the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court. Leave was, then, given to the plaintiff to further appeal to this court.

The plaintiff did not allege, nor does he…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Crane v. . BaudouineNew York Court of Appeals · 1873
  2. Meisenbach v. Southern Cooperage Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1891
  3. Smith v. WatsonSupreme Court of Vermont · 1842
  4. Raoul v. NewmanSupreme Court of Georgia · 1877
  5. Voorhees v. New York Central & Hudson River RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1909

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3Cited by26 opinions

  1. Spicer v. . WilliamsonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1926
  2. McClenahan v. KeyesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1922
  3. Shapira v. United Medical Service, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1965
  4. Pershall v. ElliottNew York Court of Appeals · 1928
  5. Castro v. East End Plastic, Reconstructive & Hand Surgery, P.C.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2008

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