Livingston v. Lynch
New York Court of Chancery
BILL filed July 22d, 1819, against Robert L. Livingston, the executors of R. Fulton, Dominick Lynch, Jun. and others, stating, among other things, that on the 25th ' of July, 1814, the plaintiff, the defendant R. L. Livingston, and R. Fulton, since deceased, were -sole proprietors of certain exclusive rights to navigate with steam, Sic. secured by sundry patents from the U. S., and by grants and acts of the legislatures of the different states, and particularly of this…
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BILL filed July 22d, 1819, against Robert L. Livingston, the executors of R. Fulton, Dominick Lynch, Jun. and others, stating, among other things, that on the 25th ' of July, 1814, the plaintiff, the defendant R. L. Livingston, and R. Fulton, since deceased, were -sole proprietors of certain exclusive rights to navigate with steam, Sic. secured by sundry patents from the U. S., and by grants and acts of the legislatures of the different states, and particularly of this state, to R. Fulton and R. R. Livingston, deceased, whose heirs and assigns, the plaintiff, and the defendant R. L. L., are…
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor.
The object of the bill is to reinstate the plaintiff in certain rights which he claims under the resolutions of the 13th and 14th of April, 1817, relative to the appointment and removal of certain officers belonging to the North River Steam Boat Company, and relative to the security and distribution of the funds, and the general management of the concern.
The great point is, whether the resolutions of the 13th and 14th of April, were to be regarded as fundamental articles, or the constitution of the company, requiring the unanimous consent of all the members of the company, to *592al…
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