Heckscher v. Edenborn
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, William- Edenborn*, from a judgment of the Supreme'Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Suffolk on the 2d day of March, 1907, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial held by consent at the Queens and Kings County Trial Terms, a jury having been waived.
1Dissent
Gaynor J. (dissenting):
' The case is.simply this: The defendant induced the plaintiff and his assignor’s to sign an agreement to contribute the sums specified opposite the names of each for the purchase of the United States Iron Co. of Hew Jersey, which had a par capital stock of $1,000,000, and also “ a valuable coal property situated on the border line between the states of Kentucky and Virginia, * * * which property, being owned by various parties, can be acquired at reasonable prices ” ; and the said agreement appointed the defendant, and two others who were subject to him and mere…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Getty v. . DevlinNew York Court of Appeals · 1873
- Clark v. BirdAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901