Herzog v. Municipal Electric Light Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Paul M. Herzog, as receiver for the benefit of the creditors of Joseph Ryan, from, a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 11th day of July, 1900, upon the dismissal of the complaint by direction of the court after a trial at the New York Trial Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Ingraham, J.:
The plaintiff sues as receiver for the benefit of creditors of Joseph Ryan, and in the discussion of the question presented upon this appeal we will designate Joseph Ryan as the plaintiff. The action was brought to recover the damages- caused by the destruction of a building on property of the plaintiff by fire on January 4, 1893. The complaint alleged that on the 19th day of July, 1892, the defendant agreed to wire the building 1059-1061 Broadway, Brook*570lyn, for Joseph Ryan, and in consideration of the payment to it of the sum of $600 agreed to wire the said premises in a good,…
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- Dechert v. Municipal Electric Light Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
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