Belden v. . Burke
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from order of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, made November 16, 1893, which reversed a judgment of Special Term dismissing the complaint upon the merits and ordered a new trial. The nature of the action and the material facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtO’Brien, J.
The plaintiff, as a bondholder of the Columbus, Hocking Valley and Toledo Railway Company, brought this action in his own behalf and in behalf of all other persons holding the bonds, against the railway corporation, the trustee named in the mortgage executed to secure the payment of the bonds, Stevenson Burke and five other persons, ■called his associates in the transactions hereinafter referred to, two banking firms in the city of Hew York and three other persons who represent deceased parties or dissolved firms connected in some way with the transactions. Four of the associates of Burke…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Calhoun v. . MillardNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
- Belden v. BurkeNew York Supreme Court · 1893
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