Bank of Havana v. Wickham
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment rendered upon trial before a judge, at special term. This was- a creditor's action brought by Charles Cook, an individual banker, under his corporate name of the Bank of Havana, against G. 0. Wickham, who was his judgment debtor, and Martha Wickham, his wife, and certain others, who were transferrees of property belonging to Wickham.
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Appeal from a judgment rendered upon trial before a judge, at special term. This was- a creditor's action brought by Charles Cook, an individual banker, under his corporate name of the Bank of Havana, against G. 0. Wickham, who was his judgment debtor, and Martha Wickham, his wife, and certain others, who were transferrees of property belonging to Wickham. The plaintiff had recovered a judgment against the defendant, George 0. Wickham, for the sum of $5022.84, on the 8th day of January, 1852. Upon which an execution against the property of said Wickham had been duly returned wholly…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.—Balcom, J.*
—“The Bank of Havana” is the name in which Charles Cook, an individual banker, carries on the business of banking at Havana, H. Y., under “ An act to authorize the business of banking,” passed April 18,1838, and the several acts amending the same. The certificate of the superintendent of the bank department, that was given in evidence upon the trial, states that Cook commenced the banking business as an individual banker at Havana in 1851, under the aforesaid acts. Is the plaintiff a corporation? . The appellants’ counsel contends the plaintiff is not a corporation,…
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