Chapman v. . Lynch
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the late General Term of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered October 9, 1898, affirming a judgment in favor of defendant entered upon a nonsuit granted at the Circuit. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from a judgment of the late General Term of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered October 9, 1898, affirming a judgment in favor of defendant entered upon a nonsuit granted at the Circuit. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. A jury has once found upon the evidence contained in this record that the American Dairy Salt Company, Limited, received the plaintiffs money on deposit, and not as an ordinary loan, a finding which the evidence fully justifies. (Payne v. Gardiner, 29 N. Y. 146; Boughton v. Flint, 74 N. Y.…
1Opinion of the CourtHaight, J.
This action was brought to recover the sum of $8,973.37, the amount due and owing the plaintiff by the American Dairy Salt Company, Limited, a business corporation organized under chapter 611 of the Laws of 1875. The action is sought to be maintained against the defendant upon the ground that he was a director of the corporation, and as such, in company with his associates, had failed to tile the annual report required by the statute during the years 1881 to 1888, inclusive.
This is a twin action to that of Chapman v. Comstock (reported in 58 Hun, 325, and in this court in 134 Ff. Y. 509). The…
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