J. C. Turner Lumber Co. v. Lacey
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiffs, J. C. Turner Lumber Company and another, from a 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 30th day of December, 1921, upon an order granting defendants’ motion for judgment on the pleadings, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 26th day of September, 1921, granting defendants’ motion for judgment on the pleadings and directing judgment in…
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Appeal by the plaintiffs, J. C. Turner Lumber Company and another, from a 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 30th day of December, 1921, upon an order granting defendants’ motion for judgment on the pleadings, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 26th day of September, 1921, granting defendants’ motion for judgment on the pleadings and directing judgment in favor of defendants dismissing the complaint, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the same day denying…
1Opinion of the Court
Page, J.:
The complaint with the annexed exhibits covers thirty-one printed pages of the papers on appeal. The defendants demurred on the ground that the complaint did not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action. The action *536is to recover $1,396,000 besides the plaintiffs’ expenses for costs and counsel fees in actions pending in the Federal court in the State of Florida, as damages for certain alleged false and fraudulent representations made by the defendants, whereby the plaintiffs were induced to purchase certain timber lands in the State of Florida.
The plaintiffs have…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Reno v. . BullNew York Court of Appeals · 1919
- Smith v. BollesSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
- Vail v. . ReynoldsNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
- Krumm v. . BeachNew York Court of Appeals · 1884
- Wood v. DudleyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1919
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