Leavitt v. . Blatchford
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from the Supreme Court. The action was commenced May 6, 1843, in the late Court of Chancery, by David Leavitt, receiver of the North American Trust and Banking Company, an association organized under the general law of 1838 to authorize the business of banking.
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Appeal from the Supreme Court. The action was commenced May 6, 1843, in the late Court of Chancery, by David Leavitt, receiver of the North American Trust and Banking Company, an association organized under the general law of 1838 to authorize the business of banking. The general history of that association is stated in Curtis v. Leavitt (15 N. Y., 16-42). The transactions out of which this suit arose were nearly contemporaneous and somewhat connected with those there described; and reference is made to that statement for an account of the course of dealings and financial situation of the…
1Opinion of the Court
[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.]
[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] The chief difference between the transactions now in question and those involved in Curtis v. Leavitt (15 N.Y., 9) consists in the fact that while the obligations secured by the trust deeds in the latter case were issued for the purpose of raising money for the use of the company, the obligations secured by the trust deed in this…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Curtis and Others v. . LeavittNew York Court of Appeals · 1857
- Warner & Ray v. BeersCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1840
- Swift v. BeersNew York Supreme Court · 1846
- Gillett v. CampbellCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1845
- Ontario Bank v. SchermerhornNew York Court of Chancery · 1843
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- Leonardsville Bank v. . WillardNew York Court of Appeals · 1862
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