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Saranac & Lake Placid Railroad v. Arnold

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided June 15, 1899PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Appeal by the plaintiff, the Saranac and Lake Placid Railroad Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 17th day of January, 1899, upon the dismissal of the complaint by direction of the court after a trial at the New York Trial Term, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 27th day of January, 1899, denying the plaintiff’s motion for a new trial made upon…

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Appeal by the plaintiff, the Saranac and Lake Placid Railroad Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 17th day of January, 1899, upon the dismissal of the complaint by direction of the court after a trial at the New York Trial Term, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 27th day of January, 1899, denying the plaintiff’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.

1Opinion of the Court

Van Brunt, P. J.:

This action was brought to recover from the defendants a large .sum of money belonging to the plaintiff corporation which, it is alleged, the defendants received and appropriated to their own use. The defendant Arnold was the president, and the defendant Yoyer was the treasurer of the plaintiff from the organization of the plaintiff in June, 1893, to the 23d of March, 1896. They owned substantially all the stock of the corporation, and in March, 1896, they sold out the stock to other parties and respectively resigned their •offices. Arnold and Yoyer seem to have managed the…

2Cited by5 opinions

  1. Hanlon v. . EhrichNew York Court of Appeals · 1904
  2. Illinois Judicial Inquiry Board v. Chicago Bar Ass'nAppellate Court of Illinois · 1984
  3. In Re Petition of Ill. Judicial Inquiry BdAppellate Court of Illinois · 1984
  4. Hanlon v. EhrichAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
  5. Saranac & Lake Placid Railroad v. ArnoldAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902

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