Slayback v. Raymond
New York Supreme Court
Action to recover, on the ground of fraud, a judgment for the return by the defendants Raymond of certain shares of stock in the defendant company and for an accounting.
1Opinion of the CourtLeventritt, J.
Under the authority of Marvin v. Brooks, 94 N. Y. 71, and allied cases, this suit is well brought in equity. On the merits I find the plaintiff's story reasonable and worthy of credence, while I have not been impressed with the likelihood of the defendants’ version. I have reviewed the testimony with great care with the result that the view I took of the facts on the trial, when I saw and heard the witnesses before me, finds corroboration in many details.
The plaintiff was the financial backer of the Carbon Steel Company of New Jersey and this fact was generally known; the defendant was its…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Marvin v. . BrooksNew York Court of Appeals · 1883
- Higgins v. . CrouseNew York Court of Appeals · 1895
- Cox v. . StokesNew York Court of Appeals · 1898
- Calhoun v. . MillardNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
- Bosley v. National MacHine Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1890
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