Poor v. . Guilford
New York Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
In this case, there is no doubt of the justice of the judgment of the supreme court, nor of its being a full protection to the appellant against a second claim for the same demand, and it ought not to be reversed, unless some well-established principle of law has been violated.
The beneficial interest in the demand, for which the judgment was rendered, belongs to one E.M. Poor; and the question is, whether the respondent has such a title, and stands in such a relation to the beneficial owner, as to authorize a judgment in his favor.
The respondent having the legal title to the interest in the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Norton v. CoonsNew York Supreme Court · 1846
- Gunn v. CantineNew York Supreme Court · 1813
- Hopkins v. CabreyNew York Supreme Court · 1840
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- Old Colony Trust Co. v. Columbia Trust Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1924
- Pickersgill v. ReadNew York Supreme Court · 1876
- Walsh v. Reinhart & Co.City of New York Municipal Court · 1897
- Welsh v. ReinhardtCity of New York Municipal Court · 1897