Legal Opinion
Woodruff v. Jewett
New York Supreme Court
Decided June 15, 1885Published
Appeal by Hugh J. Jewett, as receiver, from the final judgment entered in this action on the 22d day of July, 1884.
1Opinion of the Court
BARKER, J. :
In May, 1875, the appellant was appointed receiver of all the property, both real and personal, of the Erie Railway Company. He immediately entered upon the discharge of his duties, and received into his hands, as income from the property of the said ■corporation, large sums of money. The plaintiff presented a claim to the receiver, demanding payment of the interest accruing upon ■certain bonds issued by the Erie and Genesee Valley Railroad Company, in pursuance of an agreement of the Erie Railway Company with the plaintiff, made prior to the appellant’s appointment. The Erie…
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