Jameson v. Hartford Fire Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, the Hartford Fire Insurance Company and others, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 30th day of December, 1896, continuing an injunction pendente lite theretofore granted in the action.
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Appeal by the defendants, the Hartford Fire Insurance Company and others, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 30th day of December, 1896, continuing an injunction pendente lite theretofore granted in the action. The order appealed from provided that, during the pendency of this action : (1) The defendants The Hartford Fire Insurance Company, its agents, servants and employees, be and they hereby are enjoined and restrained from taking possession of the office or of any of the property of…
1Opinion of the Court
"Williams, J.:
The action was brought to restrain the defendants from carrying out a contract entered into between them relating to the reinsurance by the Hartford Company of the risks of the Broadway Company; and for other relief, upon the ground that such contract was illegal, ultra vires and void, and that carrying it out would cause irreparable injury to the plaintiffs and others. The plaintiffs were stockholders of the Broadway Company, and the defendants were the two companies parties to the contract and the directors of the Broadway Company.
The. contract was made November 11, 1896. The…
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