Legal Opinion

Latimer v. McKinnon

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided July 1, 1903No. 1PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Appeal by the defendant, Joseph H. Clark, as trustee in bankruptcy of Frank H. McKinnon and another, from an interlocutory judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of -the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Chenango on the 28th day of November, 1902, upon the decision of the court, rendered after a trial at the Broome Special Term, overruling said defendant’s demurrer to the plaintiff’s original and supplemental complaints.

1Opinion of the Court

Houghton, J.:

This action in various phases has been before this court many times. In 1894 the defendants McKinnon and Burrows suffered default, and a judgment was entered by the plaintiff against them. *226On an application to-open the default, and in consideration" of the consent of the plaintiff’s attorney thereto, James R. Baumes, defendants’ attorney, of record, executed and delivered to the plaintiff 'an agreement.that he,-would pay any judgment, not collected by execution, which.might finally be -awarded • against, the defendants . after the.same had been, tested by appeals. A trial was had…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Forbes v. . WallerNew York Court of Appeals · 1862
  2. Scrantom v. Farmers & Mechanics' BankNew York Supreme Court · 1860
  3. American Life Insurance & Trust Co. v. SackettNew York Court of Chancery · 1846
  4. Latimer v. McKinnonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Casassa v. SavareseAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1912
  2. Latimer v. McKinnonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903

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