Legal Opinion
Williams v. New York Zinc Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided November 12, 1928No. 6PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtAugustus N. Hand, Circuit Judge
(after stating the faets as above). A clearer case of laches than the present can hardly be stated. Complainant brought his suit in the state eourt in 1906, asking for a dissolution of the partnership with Pilling and Crane and for the appointment of a receiver. In 1909 his attorney, Squires, was urging that the sale be held as soon as possible; in 1910, he made bids at the sale. He received a portion of the proceeds as costs, and thereafter, for some 12 years, remained acquiescent, except to protest against the delivery of the receiver’s deed to the Northern Ore Company in 1922. He knew the…
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- Wright v. . NostrandNew York Court of Appeals · 1883
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