Outterson v. Fonda Lake Paper Co.
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from judgment on report of referee. Action by James T. Outterson against the Fonda Lake Paper Company to recover money due him for services to defendant. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. Affirmed. In the complaint there are three counts. In the first it is alleged that the defendant is indebted to plaintiff in the sum of $346.09 for a balance due to the plaintiff from the Fonda Lake Pulp & Paper Company, which the defendant assumed and agreed to pay.
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Appeal from judgment on report of referee. Action by James T. Outterson against the Fonda Lake Paper Company to recover money due him for services to defendant. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. Affirmed. In the complaint there are three counts. In the first it is alleged that the defendant is indebted to plaintiff in the sum of $346.09 for a balance due to the plaintiff from the Fonda Lake Pulp & Paper Company, which the defendant assumed and agreed to pay. In the second it is alleged that plaintiff, on or about December 15, 1888, was duly elected treasurer and manager of…
1Opinion of the CourtMerwin, J.
The contest here is over the allowance to the plaintiff of the debt originally against the partnership, and of the items for services of plaintiff while he was treasurer and president of the defendant. It appears that in 1887 the plaintiff and three others formed a copartnership under the name of the Fonda Lake Pulp & Paper Company, for the manufacture and sale of wood pulp. This continued until December 12, 1888, when the defendant was dulyincorpoiated; the incorporators and trustees being the same persons who composed the partnership. The capital stock was $55,000, of which $30,-000 was…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Barril v. Calendar Insulating & Water-Proofing Co.New York Supreme Court · 1888
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