Legal Opinion
Read v. Lehigh Valley Railroad Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided December 31, 1940PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.
An order of consolidation has enabled Special Term, by the single judgment entered herein, to determine questions common to numerous actions which were instituted by the several plaintiffs as a means of compelling the defendant Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, as guarantor, to redeem at their maturity certain bonds issued by Pennsylvania and New York Canal and Railroad Company. It will be convenient to refer to the defendant guarantor and to the original obligor respectively as the “ Lehigh ” and the “ Canal Company.”
The demands of the several plaintiffs are predicated upon Lehigh’s guaranty…
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