Legal Opinion
Claim of Raymond v. Estate of Davis
New York Court of Appeals
Decided May 1, 1928PublishedCited by 156 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Cardozo, Ch. J.
Frank Raymond and Andrew Davis formed a partnership or joint venture in 1916 to deal in lands in Chautauqua county. The thought was that there were deposits of marl and lime which would permit a profit to be made if the lands were worked or sold. Raymond was to supply the knowledge and Davis the cash, the profits to be divided a third to one and two-thirds to the other. The project went forward on that footing. There were surveys and options and contracts and conveyances. One parcel, known as the Bremer property, paid for like the rest with money supplied by Davis, was left in…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- In re the Final Judicial Settlement of the Account of HolzworthAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1915
- Crater v. . BiningerNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
- Bank of British North America v. DelafieldNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
- In Re the Accounting of HolzworthNew York Court of Appeals · 1915
- In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of CoombsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1918
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3Cited by156 opinions
- In re the Estate of PiccioneNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
- United States v. SillimanCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1948
- Griffith v. Bank of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1945
- In re the Estate of PulitzerNew York Surrogate's Court · 1931
- In re the Estate of RothkoNew York Surrogate's Court · 1975
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