Legal Opinion

Colorado & Southern Railway Co. v. Blair

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

Decided July 10, 1914PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal by the plaintiff, The Colorado and Southern Railway Company, from an interlocutory judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of certain of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 29th day of August, 1913, sustaining a demurrer to the complaint.

1Opinion of the Court

Ingraham, P. J.:

This action is for the specific performance of a contract dated July 1, 1911, by which the plaintiff agreed to sell and the defendant Blair & Co. agreed to purchase the “ beneficial interest certificate ” owned by the plaintiff in certain preferred and common stock of the Colorado Midland Railway Company. The agreement recited that such beneficial interest was created and is evidenced by a written agreement dated July 8, 1900, between the Central Trust Company of New York, J. Kennedy Tod & Co., and others, and by a written certificate dated December 21, 1900, made by the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Colorado & Southern Railway Co. v. BlairNew York Supreme Court · 1913

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Colorado & S. Ry. Co. v. BlairAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1914

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