Legal Opinion

Reid v. President of the Rensselaer Glass Factory

New York Supreme Court

Decided October 15, 1824PublishedCited by 3 opinions

This cause having been referred pursuant to the statute (1 R. L. 516, s. 2,) the referees had reported generally for the plaintiff, upon which the attornies for the respective parties agreed upon a case containing the facts as they appeared in evidence before the referees, and thereupon submitted a question of law to this Court, in the form of a motion to set aside the report.

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This cause having been referred pursuant to the statute (1 R. L. 516, s. 2,) the referees had reported generally for the plaintiff, upon which the attornies for the respective parties agreed upon a case containing the facts as they appeared in evidence before the referees, and thereupon submitted a question of law to this Court, in the form of a motion to set aside the report. This Court having decided the question and given judgment, the defendant’s attorney, being desirous to "have the same question considered by the Court of „ J EiTors5

1Opinion of the Court

The Court

(after having the cause several days under advisement,) directed the following

Rule : “That a statement of the facts in this cause be drawn up under the direction of the Chief Justice, to be incorporated in the record, in this cause, in order that the defendants may be enabled to prosecute their Writ of error, if they shall be advised so to do.”

Woodworth, J. being interested in the cause, gave no epinion.

2Cited by3 opinions

  1. Gillet v. . Van RensselaerNew York Court of Appeals · 1857
  2. Woerz v. SchumacherAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
  3. Winsor v. SavageMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1845