Medical College Laboratory v. New York University
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered December 11, 1902, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. No legal or equitable liability was established against the defendant. (11 Am. & Eng.
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Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered December 11, 1902, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. No legal or equitable liability was established against the defendant. (11 Am. & Eng. Ency. of Law [2d ed.], 184 ; Texas v. Hardenberg, 19 Wall. [U. S.] 89 ; Craig v. Leslie, 3 Wheat. [U. S.] 578 ; Murray v. De Rottenham, 6 Johns. Ch. 52 ; Noyes v. Blakeman, 6 N. Y. 567 ;…
1Opinion of the Court
Parker, Ch. J.
The judgment under review requires the reconveyance to plaintiff of property it conveyed to defendant by a deed dated February 8, 1897, which recites a consideration of' one dollar, and contains an assumption of debts, if any, by the grantee. But the property, which was worth about $150,000, was unincumbered, and plaintiff was not indebted to any one. Defendant paid nothing for the property ; and the ground upon which the decree of reconveyance is rested is that certain promises made to the officers and directors of plaintiff by representatives of defendant were not kept —…
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