Barnes v. Long Island Real Estate Exchange & Investment Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Albert J. Barnes, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, The Long Island Real Estate Exchange and Investment Company, and partly in favor, •of the defendant, The People’s Trust Company, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 5th day of March, 1903, upon the decision of the court, rendered after a trial at the Kings County Special Term, dismissing the plaintiff’s complaint upon the merits as to The…
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Appeal by the plaintiff, Albert J. Barnes, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, The Long Island Real Estate Exchange and Investment Company, and partly in favor, •of the defendant, The People’s Trust Company, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 5th day of March, 1903, upon the decision of the court, rendered after a trial at the Kings County Special Term, dismissing the plaintiff’s complaint upon the merits as to The Long Island Real Estate Exchange and Investment Company and not upon the merits as to The People’s Trust Company. Also an…
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J.:
The plaintiff in this action purchased certain real estate, consisting of six lots at Ridgewood Heights, on the 6th day of September, 1892, from the Long Island Real Estate Exchange and Investment Company, the price agreed upon being $4,400. The plaintiff was a steward employed upon the “ American Line ” of steamers plying between the United States and England, and the officers of the investment company were Ignatz Martin, president; Sydney H. Carr, secretary; Meyer Heilman, treasurer; this office it appears being largely nominal, and C. K. Hoorning, a director, who in the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Walsh v. . Hartford Fire Insurance Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1878
- Van Keuren v. . CorkinsNew York Court of Appeals · 1876
- Stoddard v. . GailorNew York Court of Appeals · 1882
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- Aichmann v. People's Trust Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1908