Robeson v. Central Railroad of New Jersey
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from judgment on report of referee. Action by George M. Robeson against the Central Railroad of Few Jersey. From a judgment in favor of plaintiff, defendant appeals. Affirmed. The plaintiff is a resident citizen of New Jersey, and an attorney and counselor of the courts of that state and of the supreme court of the United States.
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Appeal from judgment on report of referee. Action by George M. Robeson against the Central Railroad of Few Jersey. From a judgment in favor of plaintiff, defendant appeals. Affirmed. The plaintiff is a resident citizen of New Jersey, and an attorney and counselor of the courts of that state and of the supreme court of the United States. The defendant is a corporation of that state, but for many years has had an office for the transaction of business in the city of New York, which was the office of its president, and the place where all the meetings of its board of directors were held. On the…
1Opinion of the CourtFollett, J.
The defendant concedes that it employed the plaintiff to conduct legal proceedings to recover possession of the property leased by it to the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Company, the defaulting lessee. The value of these services the defendant ought to pay. The defendant answers that $4,000, which the plaintiff admits he received, is an adequate compensation for the services rendered in recovering possession of the property. The learned and experienced referee found that these services were worth $10,000, which left, after deducting the payments, $6,000 due and unpaid. The valuation of the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Boardman v. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1881
- Olcott v. . the Tioga Railroad CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1859
- Bathgate v. . HaskinNew York Court of Appeals · 1875
- Mygatt v. . WilcoxNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
- Case v. Phœnix Bridge Co.The Superior Court of the City of New York and Buffalo · 1890
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- Moore v. ColerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905