Legal Opinion

Mawhinney v. . Bliss

New York Court of Appeals

Decided February 23, 1909PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Appeal, by permission, from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered March 6,1908, which affirmed an interlocutory judgment of Special Term overruling a demurrer to the complaint in an action to compel an accounting by the members of the reorganization committee of the American Cotton Company, an insolvent corporation.

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Appeal, by permission, from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered March 6,1908, which affirmed an interlocutory judgment of Special Term overruling a demurrer to the complaint in an action to compel an accounting by the members of the reorganization committee of the American Cotton Company, an insolvent corporation. The following question was certified: “ Does the complaint state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action ? ”

1Opinion of the Court

Order affirmed, with costs; question certified answered in the affirmative; no opinion.

Concur: Cullen, Ch. J., Haight, Vann, Werner, Willard Bartlett, Hisoook and Chase, JJ.

2Cited by3 opinions

  1. Duck v. McGrathAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1914
  2. Burns v. Niagara, Lockport & Ontario Power Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1911
  3. Dwelle v. Central Union Trust Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1925