Black v. Ellis
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, William Harmon Black, as receiver, etc., from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 16th day of April, 1908, upon the decision of the court, rendered after a trial at the New York Special Term, dismissing the complaint upon the merits.
1Opinion of the Court
Clarke, J.:
This appeal is taken from the judgment alone, and upon the judgment roll. The questions, therefore, arise upon the exceptions to the conclusions of law stated in the decision.
The plaintiff, the receiver of the Stirling Hotel Company, a domestic corporation, brings this action to set aside a chattel mortgage as null and void, and to have the same discharged and canceled of record. The findings of fact set forth that the defendant is, and since January 17, 1905, has been the owner of the premises 208 and 210 West Fifty-sixth street. The premises were first leased from the previous…
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- Vail v. . HamiltonNew York Court of Appeals · 1881
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- In re Post & Davis Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1914
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