New York & Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Jewett
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from order of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, made March 25, 1887, which affirmed an order of Special Term denying an application on the part of the petitioner herein, the nature of which, as well as the material facts, are stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from order of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, made March 25, 1887, which affirmed an order of Special Term denying an application on the part of the petitioner herein, the nature of which, as well as the material facts, are stated in the opinion. The receiver was not discharged as to this claim so as to end this proceeding, the defendant never haying had notice of any application for the receiver’s discharge, although they were prosecuting their case at that time. (High on Receivers, § 848; Woodruff v. Jewett, 37 Hun, 205; Miller v. Loeb, 64…
1Opinion of the CourtEarl, J.
In 1875 Hugh J. Jewett was appointed receiver of the Erie Bailway Company, and he continued to be such receiver and to act as such until he was finally discharged on the 30th day of December, 1879. On the 20th day of February, 1878, the president of the New York and Western Union Telegraph Company, the appellant here, made an affidavit showing that the Erie Bailway Conrpany and the receiver were indebted to the telegraph company for rent of a line of telegraph from the 1st day of April, 1865, to the 1st day of January, 1878, in the sum of $38,250; and upon that affidavit a motion was made at…
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