Legal Opinion
Cheever v. Pittsburgh, Shenango & Lake Erie Railroad
New York Supreme Court
Decided October 13, 1893PublishedCited by 3 opinions
Action by Frank D. Cheever against the Pittsburgh, Shenango & Lake Erie Railroad Company on promissory notes. Motion for judgment on a case and exceptions to be heard at general term. Judgment for defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtParker, J.
The directors of the Pittsburgh, Shenango & Lake Erie Railroad Company, on the 17th day of February, 1888, passed the following resolution:
“Resolved, that the president be and hereby is authorized to make a contract for the purchase of five hundred flat ears for the use of this company, and is authorized, in carrying out this purchase, to give notes of this company to the sum of $10,000.”
On the same day the secretary of the company prepared two notes for signature, bearing a later date, and they were signed by the secretary and president. The notes were in the form following:
“5,000.…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Wilson v. Metropolitan Elevated Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1890
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