Bacon v. Grossmann
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Nathaniel T. Bacon, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 12th day of December, 1901, as amended nuno pro tuno by an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 11th day of January, 1902, upon the dismissal of the complaint by direction of the court after a trial at the New York Trial Term, except so much thereof as dismisses the defendant’s counterclaim;…
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Appeal by the plaintiff, Nathaniel T. Bacon, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 12th day of December, 1901, as amended nuno pro tuno by an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 11th day of January, 1902, upon the dismissal of the complaint by direction of the court after a trial at the New York Trial Term, except so much thereof as dismisses the defendant’s counterclaim; also from an order of’ the Supreme Court bearing date the 17th day of February, 1902, as resettled by an order bearing…
1Opinion of the Court
O’Brien, J.:
The issue presented by the pleadings was whether the agreement •of settlement of April 9, 1895, between Lee, Higginson & Co. and the defendant gave to plaintiff’s assignor the right to receive from the General Electric Company the benefits of the agreement of November 8, 1893, and to any moneys which might be paid thereunder.
The shares were transferred “subject * * * to an agreement * * * dated November 8, 1893, concerning such preferred shares ; ” and thus it appears that both parties were entirely familiar with the agreement made with the General Electric Com*578pany and the…
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