Medina Gas & Electric Light Co. v. Buffalo Loan, Trust & Safe Deposit Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
. Appeal by the defendant,- The Buffalo Loan,. Trust and Safe Deposit Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the'county of ¡New York on the 14tli day of September, 1906, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the ¡New York Trial Term, a ' jury having been waived, with notice-of an intention to bring up .for review upon such appeal an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 6th day…
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. Appeal by the defendant,- The Buffalo Loan,. Trust and Safe Deposit Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the'county of ¡New York on the 14tli day of September, 1906, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the ¡New York Trial Term, a ' jury having been waived, with notice-of an intention to bring up .for review upon such appeal an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 6th day of September, 1906, granting to the plaintiff an extra allowance of costs.
1DissentScott, J.
The defendant appeals from á judgment for damages In an- . action for the conversion of certain bonds. .There is no dispute- as. - to the facts. '
On September 15, 1886, the Medina Gas- Light Company was. a domestic corporation, organized under the laws of this State. . One Robert A, Stranahan was the secretary and the owner of all, save two shares, of the capital stock. James Robertson was president, and the said Stranahan, Robertson and one Dayton were directors* each of the two latter holding otie share of stock which had been made over to them by Stranahan in order to qualify them to act…
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