Legal Opinion

People v. Murray

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

Decided November 15, 1896PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Appeal by tbe defendant, the Murray Hill Bank,, and by the Committee of Depositors of tbe Murray Hill Bank, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at tbe Orange Special Term and entered in the office of tbe clerk of tbe county of Kings on tbe 23d day of September, 1896, appointing temporary receivers of tbe defendant and granting an injunction, and also an appeal by tbe defendant, the Murray Hill Bank, from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 9tli day of…

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Appeal by tbe defendant, the Murray Hill Bank,, and by the Committee of Depositors of tbe Murray Hill Bank, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at tbe Orange Special Term and entered in the office of tbe clerk of tbe county of Kings on tbe 23d day of September, 1896, appointing temporary receivers of tbe defendant and granting an injunction, and also an appeal by tbe defendant, the Murray Hill Bank, from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 9tli day of October, 1896, overruling the defendant’s answer as frivolous and directing that the plaintiff have judgment as demanded in the…

1Opinion of the Court

Brown, P. J.:

There are two appeals before the court in this action.

Tbe first is from an order appointing temporary receivers; the second from an order overruling tbe answer of the defendant as frivolous and directing judgment for the relief demanded in the complaint.

The action was brought by the Attorney-G-eneral in the county of Kings, in the second judicial district, to obtain a judgment dissolving tiie defendant corporation and declaring forfeited its corporate privileges and franchises. The essential allegation pf the com*330plaint is that the defendant was insolvent, that it liad suspended…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Hunt v. . HuntNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
  2. People ex rel. Gaynor v. McKaneNew York Supreme Court · 1894

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. People v. HarrisNew York Supreme Court · 1944
  2. The Scranton v. Neonlite C. of Am.New Jersey Court of Chancery · 1930
  3. People ex rel. Roache v. HanburyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1914
  4. Ex Parte M.J. WadeCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1909
  5. People v. Murray Hill BankAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896

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