Legal Opinion

Fifth National Bank v. Woolsey

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided July 1, 1898PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal by the defendant, Kate T. Woolsey, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 30th day of .December, 1897, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the New York Trial Term before the court without a jury.

1Opinion of the Court

Rumsey, J.:

The appellant was a stockholder and director in the R. M. Bishop Cigar Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Ohio, and doing business in Cincinnati, in that State. On the 4th of December, 1891, the cigar company desired to borrow money from the plaintiff, and the plaintiff was willing to make loans to it, *63provided that it received a satisfactory guaranty of the notes made by the company. Thereupon the defendant, with several other stockholders of the cigar company, executed to the plaintiff a paper reciting that the cigar company desired to borrow money,…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Smith v. . MollesonNew York Court of Appeals · 1896
  2. McMullen v. . RaffertyNew York Court of Appeals · 1882
  3. McGean v. Metropolitan Elevated Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1892
  4. Townsend v. . WhitneyNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
  5. Cuyler v. EnsworthNew York Court of Chancery · 1836

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Continental Oil Co. v. HorseyCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1939
  2. United States Ex Rel. Johnson v. Morley Const. Co.District Court, W.D. New York · 1936
  3. Gottsegan Cicar Co. v. LevyUtah Supreme Court · 1913
  4. Niagara County National Bank & Trust Co. v. La PortAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1931
  5. In re the Estate of JohnsonNew York Surrogate's Court · 1938

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