Skinner v. Dayton
New York Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Court of Chancery. The bill filed the 28th of September, 1818, stated, that A. Dayton, R. Wheeler, W. Raymond, Jun., Nathan II.
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APPEAL from the Court of Chancery. The bill filed the 28th of September, 1818, stated, that A. Dayton, R. Wheeler, W. Raymond, Jun., Nathan II. Raymond, A. S. Hitchcock, Ira Hall, and N. Doane, being desirous of associating themselves together, for the purpose of manufactur- • ° , , 1 ing cotton yarn and cloth, on the 10th of April, 1815, adopted and subscribed written articles, called the constitution, declaring, among other things, the name of the association to be The Granville Cotton Manufacturing Company; that there should be elected annually, a president, w^10 should be, ex officio, a…
1Opinion of the CourtPlatt, J.
The bill filed by Skinner against .the respondents embraced two objects : 1st. A liquidation of damages, upon principles of equity, arising out of the contract made by. the appellant with White, Taylor and White : and 2d, To compel the other respondents to contribute, for the damages to be assessed in favor of While, Taylor and While.
That the appellant is personally liable upon the covenant which he executed, so as to give to White, Taylor and While, a remedy against him alone, has been decided by ■the Supreme Ccurt, as well as the court of Chancery. The .wholesubject, however, has never…
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