Whitaker v. . Masterton
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered -upon an order made March 4, 1885, which affirmed a judgment in favor of defendants, entered upon a decision of the court on trial without a jury. The Imperial Skirt Manufacturing Company was a corporation organized under the general manufacturing act of 1848, and the acts amendatory thereof.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered -upon an order made March 4, 1885, which affirmed a judgment in favor of defendants, entered upon a decision of the court on trial without a jury. The Imperial Skirt Manufacturing Company was a corporation organized under the general manufacturing act of 1848, and the acts amendatory thereof. At various periods, during the year 1877, it made its four promissory notes, amounting in the aggregate-to the sum of $13,000, and delivered them to the plaintiff for value. At their maturity the…
1Opinion of the CourtEarl, J.
The trial judge found that there was no fraud or conspiracy, as alleged by the plaintiff in the second and third causes of action, and the findings against the plaintiff in reference to those causes of action being based upon sufficient evidence, and having been affirmed by the General Term, conclude us,.and we have no power to review or interfere with them. Our sole duty, therefore, is to determine whether the court below erred in reference to the first cause of action.
It is undisputed that the defendants, as trustees of the corporation, made, filed and published a report on the 18th of…
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