Legal Opinion

Poor v. . Guilford

New York Court of Appeals

Decided September 5, 1851PublishedCited by 5 opinions

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

  1. Norton v. CoonsNew York Supreme Court · 1846
  2. Gunn v. CantineNew York Supreme Court · 1813
  3. Hopkins v. CabreyNew York Supreme Court · 1840

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. In re the Probate of a Paper Propounded, as the Last Will & Testament of SchofieldNew York Surrogate's Court · 1911
  2. Old Colony Trust Co. v. Columbia Trust Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1924
  3. Pickersgill v. ReadNew York Supreme Court · 1876
  4. Walsh v. Reinhart & Co.City of New York Municipal Court · 1897
  5. Welsh v. ReinhardtCity of New York Municipal Court · 1897

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