Legal Opinion

Thompson v. Gimbel Bros.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided June 2, 1911PublishedCited by 4 opinions

. Appeal by the plaintiff, Myrtle M. Thompson, from an order of the Appellate Term of the Supreme Court, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 16th day of February, 1911, affirming a judgment of the Municipal Court of the city of New York in favor of the defendant rendered on the 29th day of October, 1910.

1Opinion of the Court

Laughlin, J.:

The plaintiff brings this action on an assignment of seven-alleged causes of action against the defendant for installments of salaries of certain of its employees, which were assigned by.1 their attorneys in fact, acting under powers of attorney in the States of Rhode Island and Maine, on default in payment of promissory notes of the same employees, likewise executed in said States by the attorneys in fact acting under the same powers of attorney. The scheme under which the notes and assignments were executed was manifestly devised to evade the usury laws of the State in which…

2Cited by4 opinions

  1. Marcomo Stevedoring Corp. v. NathansonNew York Supreme Court · 1951
  2. Thompson v. Erie RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1911
  3. Jules-Wallace & Co. v. R. A. Management, Inc.Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1933
  4. Fiance v. United Jewish Appeal of Greater New York, Inc.City of New York Municipal Court · 1953

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