Firemen's Mutual Benevolent Ass'n v. Clifford
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, James D. Clifford, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 17th day of May, 1921, directing the defendant to deposit with the clerk of the court twelve Liberty bonds of the par value of SI,000 each, of which the defendant had obtained possession.
1Dissent
Merrell, J. (dissenting):
The plaintiff, Firemen’s Mutual Benevolent Association of the City of New York, is a corporation organized under the Membership Corporations Law. The twelve bonds of $1,000 each were bought with the funds of the association. Prior to June, 1919, for a number of years,' the defendant had been the president of the plaintiff. He was defeated for re-election in June, 1919, and immediately thereafter certain members of the board of directors, who had long served with the defendant, are charged with having passed a resolution bestowing upon their former president said…
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- Firemen's Mutual Benevolent Ass'n v. CliffordAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1922