Legal Opinion
Slater v. Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 14, 1954PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtFroessel, J.
By our affirmance of the Appellate Division in the previous action (Slater v. Gulf, Mobile & Ohio R. R. Co., 304 N. Y. 636, affg. 279 App. Div. 166), we agreed that the letters of May 25, 1945, did not constitute a contract, and that there was no factual basis for the second cause of action either on the theory of fraud or unjust enrichment. Our determination was not based upon any alleged technical defect in pleading, nor upon a failure to make a formal demand for relief impossible to grant in any event, but rather upon the merits, which were fully argued before us. There being no factual…
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- Slater v. Gulf, Mobile & Ohio RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1952
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