Rives v. Bartlett
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, Hermann De Selding and others, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 13th day ‘of September, 1912, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the New York Special Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Ingraham, P. J.:
The defendant the Reade-Duane Cold Storage Company, a corporation organized under the laws of this State, issued a *553circular, signed by its president, defendant Bartlett, to secure the investment of money in the preferred stock of the company, the company offering to give an equal amount of paid-up common stock as a bonus. A copy of that circular was sent to the .plaintiff, who resided in "Paris, and was by profession an architect, by the president of the corporation, Bartlett. By a letter accompanying this circular Bartlett offered to the plaintiff the privilege to subscribe…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Downey v. . FinucaneNew York Court of Appeals · 1912
- Hornblower v. CrandallMissouri Court of Appeals · 1879
- Lehman-Charley v. BartlettAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1909
- Hornblower v. CrandallSupreme Court of Missouri · 1883
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