Heckscher v. . Edenborn
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered March 31, 1910, affirming a judgment in favor of defendant entered upon a verdict directed by the court.
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Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered March 31, 1910, affirming a judgment in favor of defendant entered upon a verdict directed by the court. The action was brought by plaintiff; in behalf of himself individually and also as assignee of several others to recover the amounts which they severally subscribed and paid under a syndicate agreement, on the ground that they were induced so to subscribe and pay by the fraud of the defendant. On the first trial of the action plaintiff secured a verdict and judgment for the full…
1Opinion of the CourtHiscock, J.
Plaintiff in his own behalf and as assignee of several others asks that he and they be relieved and released from the contract which they respectively made as subscribers to the syndicate agreement hereinbefore summarized and that they be repaid by defendant, who was one of the three syndicate managers, the amounts which they paid in as subscribers to said agreement. They demand this relief on the ground that the latter induced them respectively to become parties to said agreement and that while doing so he was guilty of such fraud as to make the contract voidable at their election, and to…
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- Hammond v. . PennockNew York Court of Appeals · 1874
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- Mack v. . LattaNew York Court of Appeals · 1904
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