Legal Opinion
Benton v. Safe Deposit Bank
New York Court of Appeals
Decided January 6, 1931PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCrane, J.
The liability to bondholders of a trustee under a trust mortgage for failure to record the mortgage is the question brought up for review by this appeal.. The plaintiff is the holder of two first and collateral trust mortgage six per cent gold notes of the Kresge Coal Com pany, payable November 1, 1923. The coal company is a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware and the Safe Deposit Bank of Pottsville, Pennsylvania, is a corporation existing under and by virtue of the laws of that State, having its principal office and place of business at Pottsville. The…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Loucks v. . Standard Oil Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1918
- Santa Fe, Prescott & Phœnix Railway Co. v. Grant Bros. Construction Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Milliken v. PrattMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1878
- F. A. Straus & Co. v. Canadian Pacific Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1930
- Fitzpatrick v. International Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1929
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3Cited by36 opinions
- York v. Guaranty Trust Co. of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1944
- Intercontinental Hotels Corp. v. GoldenNew York Court of Appeals · 1964
- Poplar v. Bourjois, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1948
- Hausman v. BuckleyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1962
- Tobin v. Pennsylvania R. Co.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1938
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