Olcott v.Tioga Rail Road
New York Supreme Court
APPEALS from judgments entered upon the reports of a referee in the above actions. Action No. 1, was brought to recover against the defendant, as drawer of a draft upon, and accepted by, Hiram W. Bostwick, treasurer of the Tioga Coal, Iron, Mining and Manufacturing Company, to the or- . der of Bogers, Ketchum & Qrosvenor, for $9064.71, at 12 months, dated May 19,1841, and payable at Ho. 65 Liberty street in the city of Hew York.
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APPEALS from judgments entered upon the reports of a referee in the above actions. Action No. 1, was brought to recover against the defendant, as drawer of a draft upon, and accepted by, Hiram W. Bostwick, treasurer of the Tioga Coal, Iron, Mining and Manufacturing Company, to the or- . der of Bogers, Ketchum & Qrosvenor, for $9064.71, at 12 months, dated May 19,1841, and payable at Ho. 65 Liberty street in the city of Hew York. Action No. 2, was brought to recover against the defendant as indorser of eight promissory notes, made by the Arbon Coal Company, in 1841, in the aggregate amounting…
1Opinion of the CourtJohnson, J.
The referee has found, as matter of fact, from the evidence before him, that the draft in question, in action designated No. 1, was drawn for the defendant by James R. Wilson, who was then its president, in his official capacity, and was used in the purchase of a locomotive engine for the defendant, who took and owned the same and used it upon its road, with full knowledge on the part of its officers and managers of the manner of its purchase; and that the defendant had ratified and confirmed the act of the purchase, and that of making the draft on its account and behalf. In regard to the…
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