Strodl v. Farish-Stafford Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Edward V. Strodl, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 30th day of December, 1910, upon the dismissal of the complaint by direction of the court at the close of the plaintiff ’s case on a trial at the New York Trial Term, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 30th day of June, 1910, denying the plaintiff’s motion for a new trial made…
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Appeal by the plaintiff, Edward V. Strodl, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 30th day of December, 1910, upon the dismissal of the complaint by direction of the court at the close of the plaintiff ’s case on a trial at the New York Trial Term, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 30th day of June, 1910, denying the plaintiff’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
In the month of January, 1903, the plaintiff was in the employ of the Eárrish-Stafford Company, a corporation organ-' ized under the laws of North Carolina. This action is based on a contract in writing with respect to the purchase of capital stock of the company which' he made with it at that time. *407That corporation was succeeded by the defendant, which is a corporation organized under the laws of Connecticut in the year 1905; and in consideration of the transfer to it of the assets and stock of the North Carolina corporation, the defendant assumed all of the contract obligations…
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- Vail v. . HamiltonNew York Court of Appeals · 1881
- Woodbridge v. . BockesNew York Court of Appeals · 1902
- Moses v. SouleNew York Supreme Court · 1909
- Booth v. DodgeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901
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