Elyea v. . Lehigh Salt Mining Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered December 9, 1899, affirming a judgment in favor of defendants entered upon the report of a referee. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered December 9, 1899, affirming a judgment in favor of defendants entered upon the report of a referee. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. By the delivery of the certificate of stock of the Lehigh Salt Mining Company, assigned in blank by D'. J. Bissell to the plaintiff as collateral security for a loan of $4,000, made by the plaintiff to him, plaintiff became in law the assignee of the shares having possession of the certificate. And…
1Opinion of the CourtGray, J.
The plaintiff brings this action, alleging herself a stockholder of the Lehigh Salt Mining Company, to have set aside a transfer made of its properties to the defendant, the Retsof Mining Company, and for other equitable relief incidental thereto, and the legal question is whether, upon the facts, she, not having been a registered holder of the shares of stock, but merely an assignee thereof, has any standing to maintain such an action. The Lehigh Salt Mining Company was organized under the laws of the state of 27ew Jersey and was engaged in this state in the corporate business of mining and…
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