Stover v. Gamewell Fire Alarm Telegraph Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The Gamewell Fire Alarm Telegraph Company, from an interlocutory judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 22d day of June, 1914, overruling a demurrer to the amended complaint upon the decision of the court after a trial at the New York Special Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Ingraham, P. J.:
The complaint alleges that for a period of over twenty-five years and until on or about the 20th of October, 1909, the plaintiff was in the employ of the defendant corporation as its president; that on or about the 20th of October, 1907, the defendant corporation and the plaintiff entered into an agreement in writing, a copy of which is annexed to the complaint; that the agreement recited that the plaintiff was the president of the defendant corporation and had acquired familiarity and experience with the business in which it is and has been engaged; that the corporation was…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Carney v. New York Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1900
- Beers v. New York Life InsuranceNew York Supreme Court · 1892
- Carney v. New York Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897
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- Kristt v. WhelanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1957
- Greene v. O'ConnorCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1937
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