Legal Opinion

Higgins v. Applebaum

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

Decided March 7, 1919PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Appeal by the plaintiff, Alfred J. Higgins, from' a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Bronx on the 15th day of May, 1918, upon the verdict of a jury in plaintiff’s favor for the sum of six cents rendered by direction of the court, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 13th day of May, 1918, denying plaintiff’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.

1Opinion of the Court

Smith, J.:

In July, 1917, the plaintiff and the two defendants proposed to organize a corporation for the sale of Chevrolet automobiles and the plan materialized by forming the corporation. The plaintiff had been offered a dealer’s contract by the Chevrolet Motor Company for the borough of The Bronx and agreed to procure for the corporation this contract. The capital stock of the corporation was to be $15,000, to be divided equally between them. The plaintiff was to pay on his subscription $500. The defendant Stark was to pay on his subscription $500. The defendant Applebaum was to pay $5,000…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Rich v. New York Central & Hudson River RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1882
  2. Watson v. . GuginoNew York Court of Appeals · 1912
  3. General Rubber Co. v. . BenedictNew York Court of Appeals · 1915
  4. Lorillard v. . ClydeNew York Court of Appeals · 1881
  5. Kolel America Vatiferes Jerusalem v. EliachNew York Supreme Court · 1899

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Garber v. WhittakerSuperior Court of Delaware · 1934
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  3. Diver v. MillerSuperior Court of Delaware · 1929
  4. Murphy v. CasellaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1942
  5. Osgoodby v. TalmadgeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1930

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