Bliss v. . Matteson
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment ordered by the General Term of the Supreme Court in the second judicial district, for the defendants upon a decision of the judge presiding at the Kings County Circuit, dismissing the complaint; the court having ordered the plaintiff’s exceptions to be heard in the first instance at the General Term.
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Appeal from a judgment ordered by the General Term of the Supreme Court in the second judicial district, for the defendants upon a decision of the judge presiding at the Kings County Circuit, dismissing the complaint; the court having ordered the plaintiff’s exceptions to be heard in the first instance at the General Term. This action was brought upon an agreement bearing date September 10, 1856, whereby the defendants agreed, that in consideration that the plaintiff would aid and use his influence in procuring the mortgage bond holders of the Chicago, Alton and St. Louis Railroad Company, to…
1Opinion of the CourtGrover, J.
The plaintiff having been nonsuited upon the trial, upon the ground that the contract sued upon was illegal and void, and the judgment ordered in accordance with such nonsuit, that is the only question arising upon this appeal. The contract was to the effect that, in consideration that the plaintiff would aid and use his influence in procuring the mortage bondholders of the Chicago, Alton and St. Louis Bailroad Company to fund the interest due and to fall due on their bonds within three years from the 2d of October thereafter, the defendants undertook that in case they got possession of the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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