Gauntlett v. Cameron
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal from Special Term, Tompkins County.. Action by John C. Gauntlett, as trustee for Mary C. Gauntlett and others, against Frederick W. Cameron, as assignee, and others, to foreclose a pledge of securities, and to procure a determination of conflicting claims to the surplus. From a judgment in favor of plaintiff, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtChase, J.
Defendants Henry Patton and David H. Patton for several years prior to May 8, 1893, were copartners doing business principally as wholesale dealers in lumber. The defendant Thomas H. McGraw had for many years prior to that date been engaged as a manufacturer and wholesale dealer in lumber. Said Henry Patton and Thomas H. McGraw had for many years been personal friends, and each had great confidence in the other. The business dealings of Patton & Co. and of said Thomas H. McGraw resulted in many financial transactions between them, and they also respectively became financially interested in…
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