Schwartz v. Chatham & Phenix National Bank
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The Chatham and Phenix National Bank of the City of New York, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 14th day of March, 1918, upon the verdict of a jury for $6,000 in a libel action, being $1,000 on each of six counts; and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 13th day of March, 1918, denying defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the…
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Appeal by the defendant, The Chatham and Phenix National Bank of the City of New York, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 14th day of March, 1918, upon the verdict of a jury for $6,000 in a libel action, being $1,000 on each of six counts; and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 13th day of March, 1918, denying defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes. The judgment was amended by an order dated April 6, 1918, so as to state correctly the corporate name of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Putnam, J.:
The Century Bank had a branch, called the “ Jefferson Branch,” located at Grand street and the Bowery. It had united with a smaller concern called the Mutual Alliance Trust Company. This consolidation was on January 13, 1915. The Century Bank has been absorbed by the Chatham and Phenix National Bank — the above-named defendant.
Plaintiff, a married man, aged about forty, had been twenty-two years with the Singer Sewing Machine Company. Among side lines of business were the National Veal Company and the Eagle Amusement Company, in connection with which he had a checking account since…
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- Holmes v. . JonesNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
- Riker v. CloptonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
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