Legal Opinion
Baird v. Erie Railroad
New York Supreme Court
Decided May 15, 1911PublishedCited by 3 opinions
Actioet for the reformation of a written instrument.
1Opinion of the CourtMarcus, J.
This action is brought by plaintiff as assignee of the rights and claims of the Union Iron Company of Buffalo and of the Union Iron Works, Buffalo, N. Y., to secure the reformation of an instrument, dated February 24, 1896, granting certain switching rates, and wherein the defendant the Erie Railroad Company is named as party of the first part, and the Buffalo Furnace Company party of the second part, and for the recovery of switching charges in excess of those stipulated, paid, under protest, to the railroad company. Plaintiff asks that the clause in the second *164paragraph and near the…
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