Cummings v. Brown
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the Yates & Porterfield Trading Company, from an interlocutory judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Héw York on the 15th day of May, 1907, upon the decision of the court, rendered after, a trial at the Hew York Special Term, overruling the said defendant’s demurrer to the complaint.'
1Dissent
McLaughlin, J. (dissenting):
This action was brought against the Yates &'Porterfield Trading Company, a foreign corporation, and one Brown, to recover damages from the latter for the breach of a contract entered into between him and a copartnership by the name of Yates & Porterfield. The corporation demurred to the complaint upon the ground that it did *509not state facts, so far as it was concerned, sufficient to constitute a cause of action. The demurrer was overruled and the corporation has appealed.
The complaint alleges the formation of the corporation under the laws of the State of Hew…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Kavanaugh v. . Commonwealth Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1905
- Welsbach Company v. . Norwich Gas and Electric CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1905
- F. J. Emmerich Co. v. W. & J. SloaneAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905
- Halsey v. Henry Jewett Dramatic Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1906
- South Bay Co. v. HoweyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1906