Hastings v. . Drew
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court, in the first judicial department, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff, entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court, in the first judicial department, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff, entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term. This action was originally brought by The Security Insurance Company, as a judgment creditor of The Few Jersey Steam Navigation Company, against defendants, who were directors and stockholders of said corporation, to enforce the payment of said judgment out of property of the corporation alleged to have come into defendants’ hands and to have been appropriated by them. The present plaintiff,…
1Opinion of the CourtMiller, J.
The claim of the plaintiff in this action arises upon a judgment for damages resulting in consequence of a collision between the “ Ó. Vanderbilt,” one of the steamboats belonging to The New Jersey Steam Navigation Company, of which the defendants and others were directors and stockholders, and a vessel which had been insured by The Security Insurance Company, which the plaintiff represents. The collision occurred on the 14th day of July, 1864.
There was a sale, at public auction, of the “ C. Vanderbilt ” and four-fifths of the “ Francis Skiddy,” on the 15tli day of February, 1864, under an…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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