Legal Opinion

Dunnigan v. Kathan

New York County Courts

Decided September 15, 1907PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Appeal from a justice’s judgment in an action to recover the amount of an alleg’ed unpaid subscription to promote a local manufacturing enterprise,

1Opinion of the CourtRockwood, J.

Aside from several substantial objections urged by the appellant to the procedure herein, which resulted in a judgment for the plaintiff, it is doubtful if the plaintiff is in position to maintain this action.

The defendant, Kathan, with other residents of the village of Gorinth, in order to promote a local manufacturing enterprise; signed his name to a subscription agreement of which the following is a copy:

“In consideration of the firm of Pitkin Bros. & Ide, of the village of Corinth, H. Y., building and erecting, or causing to be built and erected, a shirt factory upon some centrally…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Lawrence v. . FoxNew York Court of Appeals · 1859
  2. Presbyterian Society v. . BeachNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
  3. Hutchins v. SmithNew York Supreme Court · 1865

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. D'Auria v. NiemiecNew York Supreme Court · 1959
  2. Dunnigan v. KathanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1908
  3. Gallogly v. WhitmoreAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1916

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