Morgan v. . Skiddy
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Superior Court of the city of New York, affirming a judgment in favor of the defendants, entered upon an order dismissing plaintiff’s complaint on trial. (Eeported below, 4 J. & S., 152.) This was an action for fraud.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Superior Court of the city of New York, affirming a judgment in favor of the defendants, entered upon an order dismissing plaintiff’s complaint on trial. (Eeported below, 4 J. & S., 152.) This was an action for fraud. The complaint, in substance, alleged that defendants, designing and intending to cheat and defraud plaintiff and others, caused a certificate to be filed of the organization of a mining corporation called the Central Mining Company of Colorado, with a nominal capital of $1,000,000, the certificate stating that “ the said capital is…
1Opinion of the CourtAndrews, J.
In determining whether the trial court correctly granted a nonsuit, the plaintiff is entitled to the benefit of every inference from the evidence in support of his case, which the jury, if the case had been submitted to them, would have been entitled to draw.
The general facts are, that a corporation called “ The Central Mining Company of Colorado ” was formed on the 21st day of December, 1863, by the filing of a certificate under the general law of this State authorizing the formation of corporations for mining and other purposes. It stated that the capital stock should be $1,000,000, divided…
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