Munson v. Syracuse, Geneva & Corning R. R. Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the supreme court, general term, fourth department, affirming a judgment entered upon the report of _ a referee in favor of defendant. The action was for specific performance of a contract to deliver certain bonds.
1Opinion of the CourtAndrews, J.
We think it would be difficult to affirm' the judgment of the court below dismissing the complaint, if, in order to do so, it was necessary to uphold the proposition that the original contract of August 13, 1875, between the plaintiffs and Magee, was invalid either because Mun-son, one of the plaintiffs, was, at the time of entering into the contract, .a director of the Sodus Bay & Corning Railroad Company, or for the reason that the contract violated - the rule which prohibits combinations to prevent competition at a judicial or other public sale. The situation was briefly .this:
The Sodus…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Duncomb v. . N.Y., H. N.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1881
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