Legal Opinion

Lyman v. Gramercy Club

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

Decided July 1, 1898PublishedCited by 21 opinions

Appeal by the plaintiff, Henry H. Lyman, as State Commissioner of Excise of the State of New York, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Monroe Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Ontario on the 8th day of October, 1897, granting the defendants’ motion to change the place of trial from the county of Ontario to the county of New York, for the convenience of witnesses.

1Opinion of the Court

Green, J.:

It is alleged in the complaint, in substance, that the defendant, the Gramercy Club, applied to the special deputy excise commissioner, at the city of New York, for a liquor tax certificate, and paid the tax of $800; that it furnished the bond in the penal sum of $1,600, required by section IS of the Liquor Tax Law (Chap. 112, Laws of 1896), executed by the club as principal, and by the Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland as surety, and obtained the certificate to do business in New York city.

The plaintiff further alleges in the complaint thirty-two separate violations of the…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. People v. CoughtryNew York Supreme Court · 1890
  2. Sailly v. HuttonNew York Supreme Court · 1830
  3. Thurfjell v. WitherbeeNew York Supreme Court · 1893
  4. Welling v. SweetNew York Supreme Court · 1845
  5. Hayes v. GarsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Reichenbach v. Corn Exchange Bank Trust Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1937
  2. Thomas v. SmallAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986
  3. Phillips v. TietjenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905
  4. Dairymen's League Co-Operative Ass'n v. BrundoNew York Supreme Court · 1927
  5. Cullinan v. BurkardAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904

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