Sieger v. Culyer
New York City Court
Appeal by defendant from a verdict given under direction of the court. This action was brought by William Sieger, as executor of Henry A. Grraef, against John Y. Culyer, on the following promissory note. “$753.47. Brooklyn, 10 July, 1874. “ On February 1, 1875, the Faust Club promises to pay to the order of H. A. Grraef, $753.74, at Faust Club, 181 Eemsen Street. Value received. “No. 1, Due Feb. 4. John Y. Culybb, Pres’t Faust Club.”
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Appeal by defendant from a verdict given under direction of the court. This action was brought by William Sieger, as executor of Henry A. Grraef, against John Y. Culyer, on the following promissory note. “$753.47. Brooklyn, 10 July, 1874. “ On February 1, 1875, the Faust Club promises to pay to the order of H. A. Grraef, $753.74, at Faust Club, 181 Eemsen Street. Value received. “No. 1, Due Feb. 4. John Y. Culybb, Pres’t Faust Club.” The defendant, in the year 1874, was the president of the Faust Club, organized under chap. 368, Laws of 1865, entitled 1 ‘ An act for the incorporation of…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCue, J.
[After stating the facts.]—The ground upon which it is sought to hold the defendant liable appears from the following words of the counsel for the plaintiff: “ I seek to charge him as president of the Faust Club, holding that that fact constituted him a trustee in the absence of any other.”
This proposition involves the only question in the case. Is the defendant, by reason of his being the president of the club, liable under section 7 of the said act,—which makes the trustees jointly and severally liable for all debts due from said company or corporation, contracted while they are such…
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