Legal Opinion
Edwards v. Tennis
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 16, 1920PublishedCited by 1 opinion
Appeal by the defendant, Edgar A. Tennis, from a determination and order of the Appellate Term of the Supreme Court, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 2d day of January, 1919, reversing a judgment of the Municipal Court of the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, Fourth District, in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of said court on the 20th day of May, 1918, and directing a judgment in favor of the plaintiff.
1Opinion of the Court
Page, J.:
The plaintiff brought an action to recover the final installment of $100 of the $1,000 mentioned in the following agreement:
“ New York, May 2Ath, 1917.
“ Mrs. Elizabeth S. Edwards,
“ New York City:
“ Dear Madam.— I confirm understanding with you relative to any interest you may have in the Central Carolina Railroad Company in addition to the physical possession of the certificate for 100 shares of the capital stock of said Railroad Company and which certificate of stock you are, by mutual agreement, to continue to own without respect to any compensation hereinafter referred to.
“ In…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Fulton v. VarneyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1907
- Edwards v. TennisAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1919
3Cited by1 opinion
- Larkin v. Pennsylvania RailroadNew York Supreme Court · 1925