Babbitt v. Gibbs
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by thé plaintiff, Eobert O. Babbitt, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office-of the clerk of the county of New York on the 29th day of January, 1900, upon the dismissal of the complaint by direction of the court after a trial at the IjTew York Trial Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Rumsey, J.:
In November, 1886, the defendant was the owner of a majority of the'stock and bonds of the Pennsylvania, Slatington and New England Railroad' Company, which was then under foreclosure. On the second day of that month he made a contract with John Weir, reciting that fact and that he was desirous of reorganizing the company and completing the road after the sale, and that he had invited Weir to join him in the enterprise, and fixing the terms upon which the reorganization should be undertaken. On the same day . Gibbs and Weir of the first part and the plaintiff of the second part…
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