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Insurance Press v. Montauk Fire Detecting Wire Co.

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

Decided March 15, 1902PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal by the defendant, John D. Gould, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the officé of the clerk of the county of New York on the 9th day of January, 1'902, as amended by an order made at the New York Spgcial Term bearing date the 14th day of January, 1902, and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York, denying a motion made by said John D. Gould to vacate an order for his examination as a party before…

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Appeal by the defendant, John D. Gould, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the officé of the clerk of the county of New York on the 9th day of January, 1'902, as amended by an order made at the New York Spgcial Term bearing date the 14th day of January, 1902, and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York, denying a motion made by said John D. Gould to vacate an order for his examination as a party before trial.

1Opinion of the Court

Ingraham, J.:

We think the affidavit upon which the order for the examination of this defendant was granted was sufficient to justify the order and that the court below properly refused to vacate it. The fact upon which the plaintiff’s cause of action depends is that $3,000,000 of the stock of a corporation were originally issued to the defendants John D. Gould and Charles A. Hanson as a consideration for the purchase of certain patents then owned or controlled by John D. Gould and Charles A. Hanson, and that said patents did not exceed! in value the sum of $10,000. The plaintiff desires to…

2Cited by1 opinion

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