McAuley v. Jackson
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Percy Jackson, as trustee, etc., from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Niagara on the 9th day of April, 1914, upon the verdict of a jury for $1,200, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the same day denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Per curiam
Defendant was duly appointed the trustee in bankruptcy of the United Engineering and Contracting Company, a corporation. At the time it was declared a bankrupt it had a construction plant in the county of Niagara • and was then and prior thereto had been engaged in construction work on the Erie canal under a contract it had with the State. As a part of its plant used in the construction work, to the title to which defendant succeeded on his appointment as trustee, were certain horses and mules. After defendant’s appointment he, during a period of some fourteen months, continued the business…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Decillis v. MascelliAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1912
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- Doratio v. JacksonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1916