Legal Opinion

Matter of Co-Operative Law Co.

New York Court of Appeals

Decided May 17, 1910PublishedCited by 142 opinions

Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered December 30, 1909, vacating a certificate of approval previously granted by it under chapter 483 of the Laws of 1909. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The business in which the petitioner is engaged is a lawful one. (H. & G. M. Co. v. H. & W. M. Co., 127 N. Y. 252; Le Grand v. M. M. Assn., 80 N. Y. 638; Snow, Church & Co. v. Hall, 19 Misc.

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Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered December 30, 1909, vacating a certificate of approval previously granted by it under chapter 483 of the Laws of 1909. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The business in which the petitioner is engaged is a lawful one. (H. & G. M. Co. v. H. & W. M. Co., 127 N. Y. 252; Le Grand v. M. M. Assn., 80 N. Y. 638; Snow, Church & Co. v. Hall, 19 Misc. Rep. 656; Matter of Associated Lawyers Co., 134 App. Div. 350.) Tiie court below had full power to make the order of June…

1Opinion of the CourtYam, J.

On the 23d of November, 1901, The Co-operative Law Company, the appellant in this proceeding, claims to have been lawfully organized under the Business Corporations Law with power to carry on the business of practicing law. Its objects as stated in the certificate of incorporation are “to furnish to its subscribers legal advice and service; to operate in connection with the above a department of law and collections for the use and benefit of the subscribers of the company only, and to accomplish these objects said company proposes to employ and maintain a staff of competent attorneys and…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Hannon v. . Siegel-Cooper Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1901
  2. Clark v. . ScovillNew York Court of Appeals · 1910
  3. People v. John H. Woodbury Dermatological InstituteNew York Court of Appeals · 1908

3Cited by142 opinions

  1. Land Title Abstract & Trust Co. v. DworkenOhio Supreme Court · 1934
  2. People Ex Rel. Illinois State Bar Ass'n v. Peoples Stock Yards State BankIllinois Supreme Court · 1931
  3. Opinion of the Justices to the SenateMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
  4. West Virginia State Bar v. EarleyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1959
  5. People Ex Rel. Chicago Bar Ass'n v. GoodmanIllinois Supreme Court · 1937

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