Hudson River & Washington County Midland Railroad v. Hanfield
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal from special term, Washington county. Action by the Hudson Eiver & Washington County Midland Railroad Company against De Witt C. Hanfield and another. From a judgment adjudging certain contracts for the construction of plaintiff’s railroad void, and requiring defendants to deliver to plaintiff 1,500 shares of its capital stock and |175,000 of its bonds, defendant Hanfield appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLandon, J.
The main issues were that the plaintiff’s president had, without authority, made contracts with the defendant Hanfield for the construction of its railroad, and had paid him in advance the-contract price therefor, in plaintiff’s bonds and stock; that the plaintiff had performed, and the defendant had not; that the defendant had delivered some of the bonds and stock to the defendant Beall,— and judgment was asked for the return to plaintiff of such stock and' bonds. The resolution of the plaintiff’s board of directors of November 21,1896, was as follows:
“Resolved, that Dudley Farlin, the-…
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