President v. Morgan
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, President and Directors of the Manhattan Company, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 29th day of October, 1921, granting defendants’ motion to have certain allegations in the complaint made definite and certain.
1Opinion of the Court
Page, J.:
The plaintiff brought this action to recover judgment that it is the owner of three certificates, and that the defendants be directed to deliver the bonds named therein, and that the plaintiff recover $3,000 damages for the defendants’ refusal to deliver. These were temporary certificates issued by J. P. Morgan & Co. and the Guaranty Trust Company of New York, each of which certified that the bearer was entitled to receive a bond for $1,000 principal amount of the Kingdom of Belgium, therein more particularly described, with coupons due December 1, 1920, and subsequently, attached,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Railroad Co. v. HowardSupreme Court of the United States · 1869
- Burrall v. . Bushwick Railroad CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
- Hudson Trust Co. v. American Linseed Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1920
- Babcock v. National Surety Co.New York Supreme Court · 1919
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