Legal Opinion
Community Volunteer Fire Co. v. City National Bank
New York Supreme Court
Decided August 28, 1939PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Gold (A. E.), J.
Plaintiff, a membership corporation, sues to recover a bank deposit standing in the name of its predecessor, the Community Volunteer Fire Company of Nimmonsburg, New York, an unincorporated association. The defendant moves to interplead other claimants.
The fire company was organized to provide fire protection for the village of Nimmonsburg, N. Y. The money was raised to purchase a lot and to erect a fire house thereon.
The four claimants are former members of the unincorporated association. Three were expelled by vote when a dispute arose over the location of the lot and the…
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