Orvis v. Lorraine Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
. Appeal by the defendant, George C. Howe, 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 20th day of February, 1918, denying his motion to have the complaint made more definite and certain, or in the alternative that certain irrelevant matter be stricken out.
1Opinion of the Court
Shearn, J.:
The defendant Howe appeals from an order denying his motion for an order directing that the complaint be made more definite and certain, and that the statement of the facts constituting each cause of action be separately stated and numbered, and for certain alternative relief.
The complaint alleges that the defendant Lorraine Company issued two stock certificates, of which one George Orvis became the owner; that Orvis transferred the shares to trustees, and subsequently died on August 9, 1917; that the trustees assigned the shares, thirty-three to the plaintiff individually and…
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