Flaherty v. Murray
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Robert Flaherty, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor -of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Hew York on the 21st day of April,-' 1900, upon the dismissal of the complaint by direction of the court after a trial at the Hew York Trial Term.
1Opinion of the Court
McLaughlin, J. :
This action is brought to recover on a quantum meruit for services alleged to have been rendered by the plaintiff for the defendants in the organization and development of a domestic corporation — Bond and Mortgage Guarantee Company.
The basis of plaintiff’s alleged claim, according to his own testimony, is a conversation had in the month of May, 1890, with John W. Murray, then president of the defendant Title Guarantee and Trust Company and vice-president of the German-American Fire Insurance Company, in which he, in substance, informed Mr. Murray that he was looking for a…
2Cited by1 opinion
- In re WhitridgeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1914