Legal Opinion

Holmes v. Camp

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided December 7, 1917PublishedCited by 33 opinions

Appeal by the plaintiffs, Robert Holmes, individually and as trustee, and others from two orders 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 25th day of June, 1917, the one denying plaintiffs’ motion for judgment on the pleadings herein as against the respondents and the other granting respondents’ cross motion for the same relief and sustaining their demurrer to the complaint.

1Opinion of the Court

Scott, J.:

The pleadings in the action consist of a complaint and a demurrer. The respondents are the executors of the last will and testament of Dwight A. Jones who was, until November 15, 1904, a vice-president of the Doe Run Lead Company, and also an officer and director of the St. Joseph Lead Company and so continued until his death in December, 1913. It is alleged that on or about October 31, 1902, the Doe Run Lead Company acquired a large number of shares of the capital stock of the St. Joseph Lead Company, of which, as it is said, a part were held by and in the name of said Jones and…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Holmes v. . CampNew York Court of Appeals · 1916
  2. Barr v. New York, Lake Erie & Western RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1884
  3. Havana City Railway Co. v. CeballosAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900
  4. Holmes v. CampAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1917

3Cited by33 opinions

  1. Goldstein v. GroesbeckCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1944
  2. Klebanow v. New York Produce ExchangeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1965
  3. Brown v. TenneyIllinois Supreme Court · 1988
  4. Potter v. WalkerNew York Court of Appeals · 1937
  5. Carruthers v. Jack Waite Mining Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1953

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