Legal Opinion
Ellicott Paint Co. v. Buffalo Evening News, Inc.
New York Supreme Court
Decided November 27, 1961PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtReid S. Moule, J.
The plaintiff Ellicott Paint Co., Inc., supplied paint to the defendant Besstak which he used on a job for the defendant, Buffalo Evening News, Inc. Besstak subsequently went into bankruptcy owing the Ellicott Paint Co., Inc., the sum of $2,418.88 which it claims with interest from February 1, 1958.
At the time of Besstak’s bankruptcy, the News owed $3,664.66 under the painting contract.
The plaintiff sued to foreclose a mechanic’s lien it had filed joining Besstak’s trustee in bankruptcy along with the News.
The News refused to pay plaintiff out of the balance of funds being held and…
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- German Exchange Bank v. Board of Commissioners of ExciseNew York Supreme Court · 1879
- Bank of America v. Transpollux Carriers Corp.New York Supreme Court · 1960
- Bisgeier v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaNew York Supreme Court · 1956
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- Geddes v. RosenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1965