Mead v. Darling
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. On writ of error to review a judgment entered by the Circuit Court upon the verdict of a jury in favor of the defendants. The action is in ejectment, and relates to the legal title to premises known as No. ■208 Fifth avenue and No. 1128 Broadway, in the city of New York. The action was first tried in March, 1906, upon substantially the same evidence as in the present record.
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. On writ of error to review a judgment entered by the Circuit Court upon the verdict of a jury in favor of the defendants. The action is in ejectment, and relates to the legal title to premises known as No. ■208 Fifth avenue and No. 1128 Broadway, in the city of New York. The action was first tried in March, 1906, upon substantially the same evidence as in the present record. At the close of that trial both parties moved for a direction, and the court directed a verdict in favor of the defendánts. On writ…
1Per curiam
In view of the thorough examination which the questions involved in this controversy received when they were before this court a year ago, but little need now be added. In the Chesebrough Case the court said:
"We are of the opinion that a jury would have been justified in finding that the mortgaged premises were not of sufficient value to have enabled the trustees to replace the existing mortgages with new mortgages for the same amount, notwithstanding the presumptions to the contrary arising from all the surrounding fads. * * * As regards No. 32, there was a fair question for a jury upon the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Mead v. Chesbrough Bldg. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1907
3Cited by2 opinions
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- Lawton v. CarpenterCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1912