Yonkers Gazette Co. v. Taylor
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Allen Taylor, from a judgment of' the 'City Court of Yonkers in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office •of the clerk of said court on the 24th day of November, 1897, upon the decision- of the court rendered after a trial before the court without a jury, and- also from an order, entered in said clerk’s office on the 24th day of November, 1897, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Hatch; T.:
This action is brought to enforce liability upon a claimed subscribt-ion to the capital stock of the plaintiff. Prior to the formation of plaintiff as a corporation, the defendant signed an agreement by virtue •of the terms of which, and subsequent action on the part of the plain*335tiff, after its incorporation, the liability of the defendant is claimed to exist. This agreement provides, in substance, that it is proposed to publish a daily edition of the Yonkers Gazette in connection with a weekly paper of that name; that in furtherance of such purpose it is proposed to organize a…
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