Leach v. Smith
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, George Putnam Smith, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in' favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Hew York on the 13th day of July, 1897, upon the report of a referee.
1Opinion of the Court
Rumsey, J.:
This case is one which presents but" little difficulty. The facts are hardly disputed. It appears that in 1895 the defendant had agreed to buy from the plaintiff 141 shares of stock in the Bradstreet Company, and to pay for them about $50,000. Upon 100 shares of this stock an attachment had been levied in the State of Connecticut, in an action against the plaintiff. The defendant wished to pay for the stock and receive the certificates, and the plaintiff was anxious that he should do so, but before the certificates could be transferred it was necessary that the lien of the…
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- Tuers v. . TuersNew York Court of Appeals · 1885
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