Graham v. C. L. Chapman Cream Separator Works
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The 0. L. Chapman Cream Separator Works, from adjudgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Allegany on the 1st day of July, .1909, upon the report of a referee appointed to hear, try and determine the issues herein.
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Appeal by the defendant, The 0. L. Chapman Cream Separator Works, from adjudgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Allegany on the 1st day of July, .1909, upon the report of a referee appointed to hear, try and determine the issues herein. The action was- commenced on the 28th day of February, 1908, by the plaintiff, as trustee for certain subscribers who had subscribed to and paid to him the amount of their respective subscriptions to a fund of $1,500, which it was agreed should he paid by the plaintiff to the defendant upon…
1Opinion of the Court
McLennan, P. J.:
The defendant is a foreign corporation, organized under the laws of Pennsylvania, and at all the times herein mentioned had a manufacturing plant and was engaged in the manufacture of cream separators in the city of Erie, in said State of Pennsylvania, and O. L. Chapman was president and treasurer of such corporation.' In the early part of the year 1907 negotiations were commenced between the president and treasurer of the defendant and certain residents of the village of Friendship looking to the removal of defendant’s manufacturing plant from the city of Erie to the village…
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