Hewlett v. Van Voorhis
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, George B. Hewlett, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 22d day of November, 1916, on the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the New York Trial Term without a jury dismissing the complaint on the merits.
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
In an action brought by the members of the firm of Reed, Hall & Hewlett, of which the plaintiff was a member, against John Van Voorhis, Richard Curran, Joseph C. Tone and Bernard W. Tone in the Supreme Court, New York county, a judgment was duly entered in favor of the plaintiffs on the 12th day of October, 1894. On the 1st day of May, 1902, the judgment was duly assigned to the plaintiff herein, and on the 9th day of October, 1914, this action was brought to recover over on the judgment to preserve it against the statutory presumption of payment after the lapse of the twenty…
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