White v. Sheppard
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiffs, Euphemia D. White and Jessie E. Du Bois, executrices, etc., of Abel Du Bois, deceased, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Monroe on the 8th day of December, 1898, upon the report of a referee dismissing the complaint upon the merits. The action was brought by Abel Dn Bois, but he having died, his executors were substituted.
1Opinion of the Court
Spring, J.:
The Rochester Realty Company, a domestic corporation, owned an apartment house called “The Centropolis,” with the furniture therein, in the city of Rochester, subject to a mortgage of $33,000. The company was in failing circumstances and suits were pending against it. On the 18tli day of January, 1896, the directors of the company held a meeting and passed the following resolutions :
“Resolved, That the president of this company be, and he is hereby authorized to sell the premises known as ‘ The Centropolis,’ together with the furniture, fixtures and other appurtenances, for the sum…
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