Guy v. Craighead
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Horace Craighead, individually and as executor, etc., of Robert Craighead, deceased, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Hew York on the-17th day of October, 1895, upon .the verdict of a jury rendered by direction of the court after a trial at the Hew York Circuit.
1Opinion of the Court
Patterson, J.:
This action was brought against the defendant, Horace Craighead, individually and as executor of Robert Craighead, deceased, to recover upon a sealed instrument made and delivered by both Robert Craighead and Horace Craighead to representatives of the estate of George W. Simmons, of Massachusetts. By the terms of the sealed instrument referred to, the Craigheads agreed to pay semi-annually to the covenantees five per cent of the par value of certain shares, of stock of the Craighead & Kintz Manufacturing Company for the • term of five years, beginning September 1, 1883, upon…
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