Hatch v. Spooner
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court, New York county. Action by Walter B. Hatcii against Sarah C. Spooner, Ebenezer Spooner, and Edward A. Spooner. At the trial the complaint was dismissed as to the defendant Sarah 0. Spooner, and the jury found a verdict for plaintiff against the other defendants. Prom the judgment for plaintiff entered on the verdict, and from an order denying their motion for a new trial, said defendants Ebenezer Spooner and Edward A. Spooner appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtVan Brunt, P. J.
This action was brought to recover damages which the "plaintiff .claimed to have sustained by reason of certain representations made by the defendants to the plaintiff to induce the purchase of stock in a company, which representations were claimed to be false and fraudulent. The *643complaint alleges that in January, 1884, the defendants were owners and holders of the capital stock of a company called the “Spooner Manufacturing Company,” and that at this time the said company was insolvent, and unable to pay its debts, which the defendants well knew, and, for the purpose of obtaining money from…
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