Duryea v. Lohrke
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by {be plaintiffs, Frances G. Duryea and .others, as executors, etc., from á judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of; the defendants, entered in the office of the' cleric of the county of Hew York ou the 20th day -of February, 1969,. upon the verdict.of á jury, also from an order entered. in .said clerk’s office on thb. same ■ day denying the plaintiffs’ motion for a new trial, made upon the minutes, and also from an order entered on the 16th day of March, 1909,…
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Appeal by {be plaintiffs, Frances G. Duryea and .others, as executors, etc., from á judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of; the defendants, entered in the office of the' cleric of the county of Hew York ou the 20th day -of February, 1969,. upon the verdict.of á jury, also from an order entered. in .said clerk’s office on thb. same ■ day denying the plaintiffs’ motion for a new trial, made upon the minutes, and also from an order entered on the 16th day of March, 1909, granting the defendants an extra allowance. - 1
1Opinion of the Court
Dowling, J. :
The firm of Irwin, Green & Co. was engaged in conducting a large grain and commission brokerage business at Chicago, in the State of Illinois, its commissions for the year 1903 being nearly $120,000. In the fall of that year it became financially embarrassed for various causes, and turned for assistance to William Duryea, who was the father-in-law of one of its members. In the latter part of that year the firm owed' Otto E. Loh-rke & Co. about 870,000,. the Bank of Montreal about .$70,000, Mrs. Boot about $60,000, and the customers of the firm about $70,000. With its affairs' in…
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