Cassidy v. Uhlmann
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Fréderick Uhlmann, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Yew York on the 15th day of July, 1897, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from, an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 6th day of July, 1897,. denying the said defendant’s motion for a new.trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
O’Brien, J.:
The action is brought by the assignee of four depositors of the Madison Square Bank against the president and two of its directors, to recover damages for the fraud perpetrated by them in connection, with the receipt of deposits from said depositors for the bank, shortly before its failure, and at a time when, it is alleged, the bank was known by these defendants to be hopelessly insolvent. The deposits were made on August 7 and 8, and the bank was closed on August 9, 1893, by the bank examiner. ■
The rule of law, as enunciated by the court in its charge' to the jury, was, in…
2Cited by2 opinions
- Cassidy v. UhlmannAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900
- Nathan v. UhlmannAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905