Valentine v. Central National Bank
New York Supreme Court
David Valentine and others brought this action against the Central National Bank, upon a stipulation in another action between the same parties. The plaintiff demurred to the defendant’s answer. Further facts sufficiently appear from the opinion,
1Opinion of the CourtVan Vorst, J.
In construing the stipulation, and xn determining the rights which it confers, we are limited by its language, and the words used are to be taken in their accustomed sense. The Central National Bank, the defendant in this action, had recovered in this court a judgment against the present plaintiffs in an action which it had prosecuted against them.
The judgment debtors, the present plaintiffs, had appealed from that judgment, but desiring to avoid giving security on the appeal, offered to pay a portion of the same in cash, and to secure the residue by their notes. An arrangement of this nature…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Weston and Others v. the City Council of CharlestonSupreme Court of the United States · 1829
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