Doheny v. Lacy
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiffs, George ¡Doheny and another, as administrators with the will annexed of ¡Lucius Gleason, deceased, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the. office of the clerk of the county of. Onondaga on the 2Tth day of June, 1898, tipon the ¡verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered-in said clerk’s office denying the plaintiffs’ motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
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Appeal by the plaintiffs, George ¡Doheny and another, as administrators with the will annexed of ¡Lucius Gleason, deceased, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the. office of the clerk of the county of. Onondaga on the 2Tth day of June, 1898, tipon the ¡verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered-in said clerk’s office denying the plaintiffs’ motion for a new trial made upon the minutes. This action was brought to recover large sums of money claimed to be due upon promissory notes and for the value, of many shares or certificates of the capital…
1Opinion of the Court
Spring, J.:
Lucius Gleason, at the time of his death, was seventy three years of age.. He had been a man of éxtraordinary energy during his whole life. Of limited book knowledge, he had accumulated a for*223tune; was actively engaged in many undertakings of importance and magnitude, and in each was the master spirit. He was instrumental in organizing the Third Fational Bank of Syracuse; was a large owner of its capital stock, and from early in its organization was its president. He was a bachelor and apparently was wedded to this bank. He gave much personal attention to its affairs, and the…
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