Legal Opinion

Baker v. Emerson

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided April 15, 1896PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Appeal by the plaintiff, Frederick I. Baker, as receiver of the Fort Ann Woolen Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Washington on the 6th day of August, 1895, upon the decision of the court, rendered aftér a trial, at the Washington Special Term, dismissing the plaintiff’s complaint upon the merits.

1Opinion of the Court

Merwin, J.:

The Fort Ann Woolen Company is a domestic manufacturing corporation, incorporated in 1883, and was engaged in the business of manufacturing woolen goods until June 5,1893, when it stopped, doing business. Upon that day attachments to a large amount were levied upon, its' property.- The plaintiff was afterwards duly appointed receiver, and on the 34th of May, 1894, brought this action to recover of the defendants, the srun of $3,000, which was paid by the company to the defendants on the 29th of May, 1893, in payment of a note of the company of that amount held by the defendants..…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Toof v. MartinSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
  2. Brouwer v. . HarbeckNew York Court of Appeals · 1854
  3. Forbes v. HoweMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1869

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. In Re Anjopa Paper & Board Manufacturing Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1967
  2. Margolis v. GEM Factors Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1953
  3. Bielaski v. National City Bank of New YorkDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1932
  4. In re the Voluntary Dissolution of the Lenox Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901
  5. Lopez v. Merchants & Farmer's National BankAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897

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