Legal Opinion

Young v. White

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

Decided November 7, 1913PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Appeal by the defendant, Archibald S. White, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 4th day of June, 1913, as resettled by an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 12th day of June, 1913, denying defendant’s motion to strike out portions of the complaint as irrelevant, redundant and scandalous and to make other allegations more definite and certain.

1Opinion of the Court

McLaughlin, J.:

This is an appeal from an order denying a motion to strike out certain allegations of the complaint and to make other allegations more definite and certain. The action is at law to recover $600,000 and interest thereon, one-third of the profits alleged to have been made in a joint venture between the parties to this action.

The complaint alleges that in the fall of 1906 the plaintiff *761and defendant entered into an agreement, the object of which was to acquire control of the Cleveland Gas Light and Coke Company, the People’s Gas Light Company, the Cincinnati, Newport and Covington…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Hamilton v. HamiltonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1908

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Ardon Construction Corp. v. Firemen's Insurance Co. of Newark, N. J.New York Supreme Court · 1959
  2. Gartrell v. JenningsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1954
  3. Young v. WhiteAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1913
  4. In re the Estate of MechlerNew York Surrogate's Court · 1927
  5. Young v. WhiteAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1913

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