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  • Syckels v. Perry

    3 Rob. 621 · The Superior Court of New York City · Jun 15, 1864

    In the case of Davis v. … In Wright v.

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  • Hope Mutual Life Insurance v. Perkins

    4 Rob. 182 · The Superior Court of New York City · Feb 15, 1867

    This, we think, is settled by the principles laid down in the case of White v. Haight, ( 16 N. Y. … (Brown v. Crooke, 4 N. Y. Rep. 51 .) It is true, this was for the benefit of a third party, but this makes no difference, (Lawrence v. Fox, 20 N. Y.

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  • Belmont Branch v. Hoge

    7 Bosw. 543 · The Superior Court of New York City · Feb 9, 1861

    I consider the question of the notice which is to destroy lonafides in a purchase, as governed by the cases of Pringle v. Phillips, (5 Sandf. R. 157,) and Williamson v. Brown, (15 N. Y. … And in Williamson v. Brown (15 N. Y.

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  • Leman v. Mayor

    5 Bosw. 414 · The Superior Court of New York City · Nov 27, 1859

    shall be assessed as provided in the 175th section of the act of April 9, 1813, entitled, *420 ‘ An act to reduce several laws relating particularly to the city of New York into one act.’ ” This statute has thus provided a Board … Howell v. The City of Buffalo, ( 15 N. Y., 512 ,) appears to govern it. In The Philadelphia and Wilmington Railroad Company v. Quigley, (21 How. U. S.

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  • Adams v. McCann

    27 Jones & S. 59 · The Superior Court of New York City · Jan 5, 1891

    Fairchild v. Lynch, 42 N. Y. Supr. 265; Steinberger v. McGovern, 56 N. Y. 12 ; Hale v. Omaha National Bank, 49 Ib. 629; Stevens v. … Brown v. Houck, 2 N. Y. St. Rep. 194, 196. And in Denton v.

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  • Wotherspoon v. Wotherspoon

    17 Jones & S. 152 · The Superior Court of New York City · Apr 9, 1883

    This account must be regarded as conclusive and binding on the defendant (Harley v. Eleventh Ward Bank, 76 N. Y. 618 ). … As to the claim set up on the part of defendant by way of counter-claim, on account of board, &c., of the testator, it was properly disallowed.

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  • Weitkamp v. Loehr

    21 Jones & S. 79 · The Superior Court of New York City · Mar 1, 1886

    During the absence of his wife and family in Milwaukee, the defendant, on his occasional returns to New York from his journeys, had no permanent dwelling in this state, but stayed temporarily in boarding-houses in Brooklyn … The meaning of the word resident, as used in section 1763 of the Code, was discussed in De Meli v.

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  • Clark v. Griffith

    2 Bosw. 558 · The Superior Court of New York City · Mar 6, 1858

    (Loyd v. Fox, 1 E. D. Smith, 101; Brown v. Colie, 1 E. D. Smith, 265.) … (Hull v. Carnley, 1 Kern. 501; 17 N. Y. Rep. 202 ; Manning v. Monaghan, 1 Bosw. R. p. 467, note.)

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  • Fowler v. Butterly

    12 Jones & S. 148 · The Superior Court of New York City · Aug 1, 1878

    In cases of choses in action actual delivery is not always necessary In Scott v. Sims ( 10 Bosw. 314 ; Borst v. Spelman, 4 N. Y. 288 ), and in Sanford v. Sanford ( 45 N. … Brown, 68 N. Y. 362 ; Garnsey v. Rogers, 47 N.

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  • Ward v. Central Park, North & East River Railroad

    1 Jones & S. 392 · The Superior Court of New York City · Jul 1, 1871

    In Clark v. Eighth-avenue R. R. Co., 36 N. … Thus, in Hardencamp v. The Second-avenue E. E.

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  • Wood v. Rabe

    20 Jones & S. 479 · The Superior Court of New York City · Dec 7, 1885

    That in all such cases, the tender must be kept good by the payment of the money into court, is also the law of this state (Simpson v. French, 25 How. Pr. 464 ; Brooklyn Bank v. De Grauw, 23 Wend. 341 ; Brown v. … Thus, in Roosevelt v.

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  • Walter v. Post

    4 Abb. Pr. 382 · The Superior Court of New York City · Feb 15, 1857

    John v. … (See Fink v. Brown, 13 Wend., 601 ; Fitch v. Livingston, 4 Sandf., 514 ; Wilkes v. The Hungerford Market Company, 2 Bing. N. C., 281; Iverson v. Moore, 1 Lord Raym., 486 ; La Cour v. The Mayor, &c., 3 Duer, 406 .)

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  • Gilbert v. Third Avenue Railway Co.

    22 Jones & S. 270 · The Superior Court of New York City · Feb 14, 1887

    As was said in Eppendorf v. The B. C. & N. R. R. Co., 69 N. … Quimby v. Strauss, 90 N. Y. 664 . And a general objection is insufficient to make an objection that the answer called for an opinion of the witness, available. Merritt v. Briggs, 57 N. Y. 651 .

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  • Culliford v. Gadd

    28 Jones & S. 343 · The Superior Court of New York City · Jan 29, 1892

    See Aldridge v. Aldridge, 120 N. Y., 614 ; Murphy v. Board of Education, 53 Hun, 171 ; Harkness v. N. Y. El. R. R. Co., 55 N. Y. Super. Ct., 532. … See Raymond v. Howland, 12 Wend., 176 ; Allen v. Addington, 7 Ib., 9.

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  • Woodruff v. Beekman

    11 Jones & S. 282 · The Superior Court of New York City · Jan 14, 1878

    In the form in which it is presented by the case, this exception is not tenable (Ayrault v. Pacific Bank, 47 N. Y. 576 ). … The defendant testified that after the boards were removed, the lathing was sawed off, and that the portion sawed off and the plaster, as it came down, was received by his men, who stood on boxes below, thus making very much

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  • Patrick v. Metcalf

    9 Bosw. 483 · The Superior Court of New York City · Oct 11, 1862

    Co. v. Kerr, 17 Barb., 581 ; Swift v. Kingsley, 24 Id., 541.) … It may, however, be noticed that neither the case of Munsell v. Lewis, ( 2 Den., 224 ,) nor Bradley v. Root, (5 Paige Ch.

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  • Robbins v. Mount

    4 Rob. 553 · The Superior Court of New York City · Apr 1, 1867

    (Jennings v. Rundall, 8 T. R. 335. Hunger v. … If I have succeeded, then it follows, that they are liable only for negligence, and such, I understand to be the dictum in Eakin v. Brown, (1 E. D.

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  • Pullutro v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad

    39 N.Y. St. Rep. 293 · The Superior Court of New York City · Mar 10, 1891

    Pullutro v. Delaware, L. & W. R. R. Co., 7 N. Y. … The evidence upon the new trial is essentially changed, and just how the injury was inflicted has ceased to be a disputed question of fact The plaintiff testifies that when he boarded the train he went between the cars, placed

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  • Burr v. Wilcox

    19 Bosw. 198 · The Superior Court of New York City · Mar 10, 1860

    Brown, 1 Kern., 148; Worrall v. Judson, 5 Barb., 210 ; Stebbins v. Phenix Fire Ins. Co., 3 Paige, 350 ; Adderly v. … (Tracy v. Yates, 18 Barb., 152 .)

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  • Whitney Arms Co. v. Barlow

    41 Jones & S. 220 · The Superior Court of New York City · May 1, 1876

    The debt for these locks delivered under the contract, subsequent to its execution, can not be said to have been contracted *222 when the agreement was signed (Garrison v. Howe, 17 N. Y. 465 ). … action by the stockholders was on the next day filed in the county clerk’s office, and on the same day the trustees met, and voted that the new stock so authorized should not be issued, without the further order of the board

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