Legal Opinion

Hannevig & Johnsen, Inc. v. Lougheed

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided December 7, 1917PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Appeal by the defendants, Bertrem W. Lougheed and others, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 4th day of September, 1917, and also from an order made upon reargument entered in said clerk’s office on the 7th day of September, 1917, confirming the prior order and continuing the injunction and receivership therein provided for.

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Appeal by the defendants, Bertrem W. Lougheed and others, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 4th day of September, 1917, and also from an order made upon reargument entered in said clerk’s office on the 7th day of September, 1917, confirming the prior order and continuing the injunction and receivership therein provided for. The first order appealed from granted plaintiff’s motion for the appointment of a temporary receiver of the business of the copartnership or joint adventure…

1Opinion of the Court

Laughlin, J.:

The copartnership firm of Hannevig & Johnsen conducted business as shipbrokers until some time in 1916, when the plaintiff was incorporated and took over the business. The individual defendant was also a shipbroker and on May first he incorporated his business under the name of B. W. Lougheed, Inc., and in April, 1917, that corporation was dissolved and the defendant B. W. Lougheed & Co., Ltd., was incorporated and is engaged in transacting like business.

The plaintiff alleges on information and belief that on or about the 1st of October, 1916, it and the individual defendant…

2Cited by4 opinions

  1. Armstrong v. RickardAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1922
  2. Kasen v. MorrellNew York Supreme Court · 1957
  3. Chaparas v. KountakisDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1930
  4. Opn. No., New York Attorney General Reports1978

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