Black v. Vanderbilt
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, E. Martin Black, from an interlocutory judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants, William K. Vanderbilt and another, as trustees for E. Martin Black, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 21st day of May, 1901, upon the decision of the court, rendered after a trial at the New York Special Term, sustaining the said defendants’ demurrer to the complaint.
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Appeal by the plaintiff, E. Martin Black, from an interlocutory judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants, William K. Vanderbilt and another, as trustees for E. Martin Black, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 21st day of May, 1901, upon the decision of the court, rendered after a trial at the New York Special Term, sustaining the said defendants’ demurrer to the complaint. The complaint herein is as follows: “ I. That the plaintiff now is, and at all times since the year 1887 has been, the editor and manager of a newspaper known as The Wall…
1Dissent
Laughlin, J. (dissenting):
The sole ground of the demurrer is that the complaint does not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action. The complaint alleges that in 1897, the plaintiff being then the editor and manager of The Wall Street Daily News, the defendants entered into an agreement with him, partly in writing and partly in parol, whereby they “ agreed to and did set apart, as the property of and for the benefit of said plaintiff,” 500 shares of the common capital stock of the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Company, of the par value of $100 each, and…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Wetmore v. . PorterNew York Court of Appeals · 1883
- Marston v. . GouldNew York Court of Appeals · 1877
- Emery v. . PeaseNew York Court of Appeals · 1859
- Schantz v. . OakmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1900
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