Buker v. . Leighton Lea Association
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered July 12, 1897, affirming a judgment in favor of defendant entered upon a dismissal of the complaint by the court at an Equity Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment reversed and new trial granted, costs to • abide the event; no opinion.
' Parker, Ch. J., O’Brien, Martin and Landon, JJ., concur in reversal upon opinion of Follett, J., in court below. O’Brien and Landon, JJ., think that the evidence does not support the finding that the first articles of association of the defendant were amended, and therefore that the acts of the defendant, under the assumed amendment, purporting to forfeit the stock of the plaintiffs were invalid, and that equity requires defendant to reimburse the plaintiffs the amount of their respective payments upon the…
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- Buker v. Leighton Lea Ass'nAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901
- Leighton v. Leighton Lea Ass'nNew York Supreme Court · 1909