Jermain v. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad
New York Supreme Court
Appeals from judgments in favor of the plaintiffs, entered in the above entitled actions, and from orders awarding to them an extra allowance and granting them leave to issue executions upon the judgments. These actions 'were brought to recover arrears of dividends on guaranteed ten per cent stock' issued by the defendant.
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Appeals from judgments in favor of the plaintiffs, entered in the above entitled actions, and from orders awarding to them an extra allowance and granting them leave to issue executions upon the judgments. These actions 'were brought to recover arrears of dividends on guaranteed ten per cent stock' issued by the defendant. They were brought to trial at Special Term, and tried with the cases of Board-man, Prouty and others, against the same defendant, wherein those plaintiffs recovered judgments, which have since been affirmed at ■General Term and in the Court of Appeals. (See the Boardman…
1Opinion of the Court
Brady, J.:
There are several appeals in this case. The points involved in each have been presented in one brief on the part of the respondents, and by separate briefs on behalf of the appellant. The *560questions involved will be disposed of without reference to the numerical order of the appeals.
The defendant complains that interest at the rate of seven per cent has been allowed upon the recovery in each of these cases down to the time that the judgment was entered. The absolute judgment was perfected in the present year. Also that the costs of the Special Term were given against it, and that an…
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- Burdett v. . LoweNew York Court of Appeals · 1881
- Von Keller v. SchultingNew York Supreme Court · 1873