Hagmayer v. Farley
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, F. Cordelia Farley, from an interlocutory 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 13th day of July, 1897, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the New York Special Term overruling the said defendant’s demurrer to the complaint, with notice of an intention to bring up for review upon such appeal an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 11th…
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Appeal by the defendant, F. Cordelia Farley, from an interlocutory 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 13th day of July, 1897, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the New York Special Term overruling the said defendant’s demurrer to the complaint, with notice of an intention to bring up for review upon such appeal an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 11th day of May, 1897, overruling the said demurrer and directing entry of the interlocutory judgment. The action was…
1Opinion of the Court
Ingraham, J.:
The plaintiff, as a creditor of the Harlem River Bank, a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of this State, brings this action on behalf of himself and all other creditors similarly situated to recover from the defendants, as the stockholders of the bank, an amount equal to the par value of the capital stock owned by the defendants respectively; and this appellant demurs to the complaint on the ground that it does not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action. The complaint alleges that the Harlem River- Bank was a domestic corporation duly…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Marie v. . GarrisonNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
3Cited by3 opinions
- Barnes v. ArnoldNew York Supreme Court · 1898
- Worthington v. GriesserAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902
- Hagmayer v. AltenNew York Supreme Court · 1901