In re Sawyer, Wallace & Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the claimant, the Hams-Seller Banking Company, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term, bearing date the 12th day of May, 1898, and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York, confirming the report of a referee appointed to hear and determine the validity of such claimant’s claim, which report disallowed a portion of said claim.
1Opinion of the Court
Rumsey, J.:
This is an appeal from an order of the Special Term, confirming the report of a referee, refusing to allow the full amount of the claim of the appellant against the assignee of Sawyer, Wallace & Co., but allowing the claim at the sum of $800.41. The facts are not disputed. Sawyer, Wallace & Co. were tobacco warehousemen in the city of New York, having also a warehouse in Louisville, Ky., and were accustomed to advance money to their customers, or accept bills of exchange drawn by them, the advances and acceptances being secured by tobacco of the customers, placed with that firm for…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- People v. E. Remington & SonsNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
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