In re East
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
1Opinion of the CourtHand, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). This ease involves the meaning,of New York statutes, and, as the highest court of that state has not spoken, we are forced to our own interpretation. Section 235 of the Lien Law (Consol. Laws, c. 33) enaets that a chattel mortgage shall be invalid “after the expiration of the first or any succeeding term of one year, reckoning from the time of the first filing, unless, within thirty days next preceding the expiration of each such term,” a prescribed renewal certificate is filed. Section 20. of the General Construction Law (Consol. Laws, c. 22) enaets that…
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- In re New York Economical Printing Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1901
- Taylor v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Griffith v. BogertSupreme Court of the United States · 1856
- Tismer v. . New York Edison Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1920
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