Legal Opinion

Hart v. Goadby

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

Decided May 13, 1910PublishedCited by 21 opinions

Appeal by the plaintiffs, Girarles H. Hart and others, from an interlocutory judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants,, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 1st day of March, 1910, upon the decision of the court, rendered after a trial at the New York Special Term, sustaining the defendants’ demurrer to the complaint.

1Opinion of the Court

Laughlin, J.:

This action is brought by the remaindermen and by the executors of the life beneficiary of a trust fund under the last will and testament of Joseph B. Hart, deceased, against the members of a firm of stockbrokers for an accounting concerning trust funds alleged to have been delivered to them by one of the executors of said last will *162and testament for the purpose of speculating in stocks, it being-alleged that the moneys were received and used by the defendants with full knowledge of the fact that they were trust funds. - The grounds of the demurrer are that the complaint fails to…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Blood v. . KaneNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
  2. Russell v. . McCallNew York Court of Appeals · 1894
  3. Hyde v. StoneNew York Supreme Court · 1831
  4. Ledyard v. . BullNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
  5. Ettlinger v. Persian Rug & Carpet Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1894

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Tucker v. BrownWashington Supreme Court · 1944
  2. In Re Latham Lithographic CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1939
  3. Noll v. SmithAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1937
  4. Dolcater v. Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1939
  5. In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Proceedings of Van KleeckNew York Surrogate's Court · 1916

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