Potter v. Rossiter
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Clinton L. Eossiter, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Hew York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of ISTew York on the 5th day of September, 1905, adjudgingxthe said defendant guilty of contempt in failing to comply with the provisions of an interlocutory judgment theretofore entered in the action.
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
This is an action, first, to reform a contract; second, to recover an amount alleged to be due and owing from the defendant Eossiter to the plaintiffs thereunder; third, for an accounting by the defendant Eossiter to the plaintiffs for a percentage of the.profits, fixed in the contract, on the construction and equipment of an electric light plant in Mexico and certain disbursements, and, fourth, to compel the defendants to deliver to the plaintiffs certain stock and - bonds of the defendant corporation. The issues were tried at ' Special Term, and upon the decision made an…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Geery v. . GeeryNew York Court of Appeals · 1875
- Devlin v. . HinmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1899
- Devlin v. HinmanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
3Cited by3 opinions
- Potter v. RossiterAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905
- Robins v. RobinsNew York Supreme Court · 1941
- Weissenburger v. WilliamsNew York Supreme Court · 1913