Lyon v. James
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Catherine L. Lyon, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff as .against the defendant.
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Appeal by the plaintiff, Catherine L. Lyon, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff as .against the defendant. Abel H. Gilbert, and in favor of the other defendants as against the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings 'on the 18th day of August, 1903, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the Kings County Special Term, such appeal being-f rom that part of said -judgment which dismisses the complaint as to-the defendants other than the defendant Gilbert. Also an appeal by the defendant Abel H. Gilbert from the whole of…
1Opinion of the Court
Hirsohberg, P. J.:. The action is brought and has been tried as one in equity. It i® based upon allegations charging the defendants as directors of the Anglo-American Savings , and Loam Association, a corporation organized under chapter 122 of the Laws of 1851 and amendatory acts, with intentional fraud and deceit in the management of the company, practiced upon the plaintiff with the intent of defrauding her by inducing her, and succeeding in Inducing her, to become and to *387remain a stockholder in the company to her financial injury. The relief sought is indemnity to the plaintiff by way of…
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