Duryea v. Zimmerman
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, Eugene Zimmerman and another, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in- favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Rockland -on the 25th day of May, 1906, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order bearing date the 2-3d day of May, 1906, and entered in said clerk’s office, denying said defendants’ motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Rich, J.:
In this action the plaintiff has recovered a judgment for damages which he claims he -has sustained in consequence of the deceitful representations of the defendant Zimmerman and of Rogers, Brown & Co. (of which firm defendant Rogers was a member), by wliieh he was induced to .purchase of them $48,000 in par value of the stock of the Alabama and Georgia-Iron Company, paying them therefor $20,000 in cash. Mo' personal deceit is charged against the appellants, who are the only defendants served or appearing in the action. It is conceded that neither of-thenl personálly made any false…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Kountze v. . KennedyNew York Court of Appeals · 1895
- Morris v. . TalcottNew York Court of Appeals · 1884
- Shultz v. . HoaglandNew York Court of Appeals · 1881
- Hadcock v. . OsmerNew York Court of Appeals · 1897
3Cited by2 opinions
- Duryea v. ZimmermanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1911
- Given v. PowellAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1911