Stoddard v. . Lum
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal, by permission, from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered November 16, 1898, reversing an interlocutory judgment of the Special Term overruling a demurrer to the amended complaint. The substance of the complaint and. the grounds of the demurrer are set forth in the opinion.
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Appeal, by permission, from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered November 16, 1898, reversing an interlocutory judgment of the Special Term overruling a demurrer to the amended complaint. The substance of the complaint and. the grounds of the demurrer are set forth in the opinion. The questions certified for review are as follows: “ 1. Does it appear upon the face of the amended complaint that the Supreme Court has not jurisdiction of this action ? “ 2. Does the amended complaint state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of…
1Opinion of the CourtBartlett, J.
This action is brought by the plaintiff, as the general assignee for the benefit of creditors of the Soldiers’ World’s Fair Hotel Association, a corporation organized under the laws of the state of Illinois, with a capital stock ,of $200,000, divided into two thousand shares of one hundred dollars each.
The following facts, among others, appear in the complaint: The corporation became financially involved early in its history, and on the 5th day of May, 1893, executed to the plaintiff a general assignment for the benefit of creditors.
At the September, 1893, term of the Cook County Court,…
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