Gould v. Seney
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from special term, New York county. Action by David H. Gould, who sues for himself and others, against George I. Seney, Samuel Shethar, Metropolitan National Bank, and the Ohio Central Bailroad Company. Plaintiff appeals from the final judgment entered therein, and from portions of the interlocutory judgment.
1Opinion of the CourtDaniels, J.
The action was brought by the plaintiff in his own behalf, and for others similarly situated, as subscribers to a fund for the construction and completion of a railway. Prior to the making of the subscriptions to create the fund for this object, a railway had been constructed from Toledo, in the state of Ohio, to Canton, in the same state. A railway had also been chartered by the state of Virginia, and mainly constructed from the city of Bichmond to Clifton Forge, and a third railway had been provided for by a charter in the state of West Virginia from Point Pleasant, on the Ohio river, to…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Brinckerhoff v. . BostwickNew York Court of Appeals · 1882
- Marvin v. . BrooksNew York Court of Appeals · 1883
- Hun v. . CaryNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
- Murray v. . BeardNew York Court of Appeals · 1886
- King v. . BarnesNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
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