Armfield v. Town of Solon
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court, Cortland county. Action by William W. Armfield against the town of Solon on coupons representing interest payable on bonds issued by defendant in aid of the construction of the Utica, Chenango & Cortland Bailroad Company, to recover damages, with compound interest, for refusal to pay the same. From a judgment entered for plaintiff on a decision of the circuit court, a jury having been waived, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMartin, J.
All the questions presented by the appellant in this case arose and were considered by this court in Beattys v. Town of Solon, 19 N. Y. Supp. 37, except that relating to the effect of seals or wafers having been attached to the bonds held by the respondent. Thus the only question we need at all consider in this case is whether the fact that, after the bonds were issued, wafer seals were, by a stranger, attached to the bonds opposite the names of the officers signing them, rendered them void, so that the respondent was not entitled to recover from the coupons attached. This question has been…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Town of Solon v. Williamsburgh Savings BankNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
- Beattys v. Town of SolonNew York Supreme Court · 1892