New York Supreme Court, 1908

165 opinions

Charles R. Marks, Plaintiff, v. Harry B. Goetchius and Johh Condit Smith, Defendants 1908-07
The People ex rel. Melville Collins, Relator, v. William McLaughlin, Warden of the City Prison of Kings County, Respondent 1908-07
The Stapleton National Bank, Plaintiff, v. The United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, Defendant 1908-07
Matter of the Petition of Thomas F. Gilroy, Commissioner of Public Works of the city of New York, under and in pursuance of chapter 490 of the Laws of 1883, and the laws amendatory thereof, on behalf of the Mayor, Aidermen and Commonalty of the city of New York, for the appointment of Commissioners of Appraisal under said Acts. Eighth Supplemental Proceeding. Parcel No. 184 1908-07
Charles Mead and John Lundy, Plaintiffs, v. Isaac W. Turner, as President of the Village of Mt. Kisco, et al., Defendants 1908-07
Antonio Garcia, Plaintiff, v. Florinda M. Garcia, Defendant 1908-07
Anna K. Whittley, Plaintiff, v. John P. Whittley, Defendant 1908-07
William Lawson, Plaintiff, v. Jessie A. Murden, Defendant 1908-07
Albert A. Peters, as Executor, Etc., of Charles A. Peters, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. Amelia L. Smith, Individually, and as Executrix, Etc., of Charles A. Peters, Deceased, Defendant 1908-07
John W. Klauck, Plaintiff, v. The Federal Insurance Company and Others, Defendants 1908-07
The Niagara Falls Hydraulic Power and Manufacturing Company, Plaintiff, v. Julian H. Schermerhorn, as Trustee in Bankruptcy of Acker Process Company, Defendant 1908-07
Grace Raymond, Plaintiff, v. Naomi Ring, Defendant 1908-07
The People of the State of New York, Plaintiff, v. Nathan Pulver, Defendant 1908-07
The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Plaintiff, v. The Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World and The Grand Lodge of the Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World, Defendants 1908-07
Doubleday, Page & Company, Plaintiff, v. Frank W. Shumaker, Defendant 1908-07
Herbert E. Eggleston, Plaintiff, v. John Scheibel and others, Defendants 1908-07
Francis V. Greene, Plaintiff, v. The Mercantile Trust Company et al., Defendants 1908-07
Celestine A. Dickey, Plaintiff, v. George B. Goldschmidt and Others, Defendants 1908-07
The Mutual Life Insurance Company, Plaintiff, v. Robert A. Granniss, Defendant 1908-07
The Fulton County Gas & Electric Co., Plaintiff, v. The Hudson River Telephone Co., Defendant 1908-07
Julius Lewine, Plaintiff, v. Felice Gerardo and David Swits, Defendants 1908-07
The People of the State of New York, Plaintiff, v. Frank Tatum, Defendant 1908-07
The People of the State of New York, Plaintiff, v. The Santa Clara Lumber Company, Defendant 1908-07
The People of the State of New York, Plaintiff, v. James H. Bain, Defendant 1908-07
The People ex rel. Nikolaus Kemmett, Relator, v. William H. Craig, Sheriff of the County of Monroe, Respondent 1908-07
John W. Klauck, Plaintiff, v. The Federal Insurance Company et al., Defendants 1908-07
Experience M. Conover, Plaintiff, v. George W. Palmer and Frank D. Stinson, as Executors of James W. Elwell, Deceased, Defendants 1908-07
David H. Spring, Plaintiff, v. The Collins Building and Construction Co. et al., Defendants 1908-07
Edward Mussey, Plaintiff, v. Michael Dempsey and Mary L. Dempsey, as Administrators, etc., of Michael Tommany, Deceased, Defendants 1908-07
Edwin R. Sheldon, administrator, etc., Plaintiff, v. Frances S. Whitehouse et al., Defendants 1908-07
The People ex rel. Glens Falls Trust Co., Relator, v. Louis E. Reoux, as County Treasurer of Warren County, Respondent 1908-07
The People of the State of New York ex rel. Patrick H. McCabren, Relator, v. John T. Dooling, et al., Commissioners of Election, constituting the Board of Elections of the city of New York, Respondents 1908-07
John F. Clark and James Hughes, Plaintiffs, v. James Kirkland, Defendant 1908-07
Melvina Haring, as Committee, etc., Plaintiff, v. John Murphy et al., Defendants 1908-08
The People ex rel. George Sterling, Relator, v. The Sheriff of Nassau County, Respondent 1908-08
The People ex rel. Martin Rehm, Relator, v. William R. Willcox et al., as the Public Service Commission of the First District, Defendants; The People ex rel. John Gordon, Relator, v. William R. Willcox et al., as the Public Service Commission of the First District, Defendants 1908-08
Moritz Walter et al., Plaintiffs, v. Herman N. Walter et al., Defendants 1908-08
The Sommers Mercantile Co., Plaintiff v. The Rheinfrank House Wrecking Co., Defendant 1908-08
Bernat Zicherman, Plaintiff, v. Samuel Wohlstadter and Kalman Goldman, Defendants 1908-08
Matter of Samuel Bresloff v. The Jewish Protectory and Aid Society 1908-08
The People of the State of New York, Plaintiff, v. George L. Glasser, Defendant 1908-08
Bertha Kahn, Plaintiff, v. Edward A. Kahn, Defendant 1908-08
The Freehold Construction Company, Plaintiff, v. Benjamin F. Bernstein et al., Defendants 1908-08
The People ex rel. Gallus Thomann, Relator, v. Charles W. Culkin, Defendant 1908-08
Henry Hart, Plaintiff, v. A. L. Clark & Co., Limited, Defendant 1908-08
The People of the State of New York, Plaintiff, v. George L. Glasser, Defendant 1908-08
The Van Beuren & New York Bill Post Co., Plaintiff, v. Sarah S. Kenney and C. J. Sullivan Advertising Co., Defendants 1908-08
Frank L. Young and Caroline D. Seamans, as Executor and Executrix of the Last Will and Testament of Mary D. Jones, Deceased, and Said Frank L. Young, as Trustee Under the Said Last Will and Testament of Mary D. Jones, Deceased, and Said Caroline D. Seamans, Individually, Plaintiffs, v. William M. Du Bois, Fannie M. Fox, Mabel Du Bois, Mabel Du Bois, Jr., Womans Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church and Ivy Blanche McKee, Defendants 1908-08
Matter of Charles J. Adams 1908-08
Emily H. Hathorn and Frank H. Hathorn, Plaintiffs, v. The Natural Carbonic Gas Company, Defendant 1908-08
Amelia A. Finucane, Plaintiff, v. Charles G. Warner, Defendant 1908-08
Matter of George I. Malcolm, as Committee of the Person and Property of Louise Malcolm Stenton, an Incompetent 1908-08
John V. Nelson, Plaintiff, v. Bernard M. Baruch, Defendant 1908-08
Elizabeth M. Byrne and others, as Executors, etc., Plaintiffs, v. Lathrop, Shea & Henwood Company et al., Defendants 1908-08
Charles J. Schmitt, Plaintiff, v. John Weber et al., Defendants 1908-08
Francis Foerster, Plaintiff, v. Anton Eilers, Defendant 1908-09
William Fox and Sol Brill, Plaintiffs, v. Edmund J. Butler, as Tenement House Commissioner of the City of New York, Defendant 1908-09
Matter of the Application of Frank Peters for a Review of the Acts of the Democratic Board of Primary Inspectors of the First Election District of the Ninth Ward of the City of Buffalo 1908-09
The Genesee River Railroad Company, Plaintiff, v. Ella M. Boyington and Another, Defendants 1908-09
Leo Schlesinger, Plaintiff, v. Pliny Fisk et al., Defendants 1908-09
John Daly, Plaintiff, v. John H. OBrien, as Commissioner of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity of the City of New York; Herman A. Metz, as Comptroller of the City of New York; The City of New York, and Home Water Main Cleaning Company, Defendants 1908-09
James E. Nagle, Plaintiff, v. Henry E. Davies et al., Defendants 1908-09
The City of New York, Plaintiff, v. The New York City Railway Co., Defendant 1908-09
John Will, Plaintiff, v. Charles P. Barnwell, Defendant 1908-09
Edward B. Pryor et al., Individually and as Trustees, etc., Plaintiffs, v. The City of Buffalo, Defendant 1908-09
Arthur E. Lindner, Plaintiff, v. John H. Starin and Alfred DeGraff, Defendants 1908-09
The Wayne-Monroe Telephone Company, Plaintiff, v. The Ontario Telephone Company and The Empire State Telephone and Telegraph Company, Defendants 1908-09
Henry G. Silleck, Jr., Plaintiff, v. Isidor Robinson, Defendant 1908-09
John F. Tolson, Plaintiff, v. The National Provident Union, Defendant 1908-09
William L. Johnson, Plaintiff, v. The Victoria Chief Copper Mining and Smelting Company et al., Defendants 1908-09
William L. Johnson, Plaintiff, v. The Victoria Chief Copper Mining and Smelting Company, et al., Defendants 1908-09
William L. Johnson, Plaintiff, v. The Victoria Chief Copper Mining and Smelting Company et al., Defendants 1908-09
Frank E. Smith, Plaintiff, v. Julius A. Roberts, as Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Essex, Defendant 1908-09
The Hedden Construction Company, Plaintiff, v. The Proctor & Gamble Company and Others, Defendants 1908-09
Marx Rubinsky et al., Plaintiffs, v. Sigmund Spiro et al., Defendants 1908-10
John Hedlund, Plaintiff, v. Caroline Carter Payne, Edward L. Radcliff and Ezra P. Prentice, as Receiver of the Property, Etc., of Caroline Leslie Carter Payne, a Bankrupt, Defendants 1908-10
The City of Buffalo, Plaintiff, v. The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railway Company and The New York, Lackawanna and Western Railway Company, Defendants 1908-10
Lillie Lawlor, Plaintiff, v. The Densmore-Compton Building Company, Defendant 1908-10
Matter of the Application of Robert S. Beal, for a Peremptory Writ of Mandamus, Relator, v. Theodore H. Bingham, as Police Commissioner, Etc., Respondent 1908-10
Emma K. White, Plaintiff, v. The City of Buffalo, Defendant 1908-10
The Realty Transfer Company, Plaintiff, v. The Cohn, Bear, Myer & Aronson Company, Defendant 1908-10
The City of Buffalo, Plaintiff, v. The Buffalo Gas Company, Defendant 1908-10
Bonniford Leslie, Plaintiff, v. The Firemens Insurance Company of Newark, N. J., et al., Defendants 1908-10
Matter of the Application of T. Edmund Krumbholz, for a Writ of Certiorari 1908-10
Jacob Rosenthal and Abraham Swetnich, Plaintiffs, v. Samuel Friedman and Nathan Brady, Defendants 1908-10
The People of the State of New York, Plaintiff, v. John F. Ahearn, Defendant 1908-10
Moritz Walter et. al., Plaintiffs, v. Herman N. Walter et al., Defendants 1908-10
Albert Heppenstall et al., Plaintiffs, v. John F. Baudouine, Defendant 1908-10
Jesse Myers, Plaintiff, v. Horace Russell and Edward D. Harris, as Executors and Trustees under the Last Will and Testament of Henry Hilton, Deceased, and Albert B. Hilton, Defendants 1908-10
Richard S. Gilpin, Plaintiff, v. William M. Savage, Defendant 1908-10
Charles E. Hess et al., Plaintiffs, v. Abraham Felt et al., Defendants 1908-10
The People ex rel. Fred Cosgriff, Relator, v. William H. Craig, as Sheriff of Monroe County, Respondent 1908-10
John T. Terry et al., Plaintiffs, v. Charles A. Fuller et al., Defendants 1908-10
Donald Mitchell, Plaintiff, v. The Dunmore Realty Company, John L. Murray, Ronalds and Johnson Company, David Isseks and The New York Continental Jewell and Filtration Company, Defendants 1908-10
Richard V. Mattison, Jr., Plaintiff, v. Agnes C. Mattison, Defendant 1908-10
Louis T. McFadden, Plaintiff, v. John A. Innes, Defendant 1908-10
Matter of the Voluntary Dissolution of The Home Book Company, a New York Corporation 1908-10
The People, ex rel. Harry Cornett, Relator, v. The Warden of the City Prison of Brooklyn, New York City, Respondent 1908-10
Barnett L. Hollender and Clarence G. Bernheimer, Plaintiffs, v. Jacques S. Friedenberg, Defendant 1908-10
The People ex rel. Wineburgh Advertising Co., Relator, v. Edward S. Murphy, as Superintendent of Buildings, Etc., Respondent 1908-10
Felicite Skiff Riddle, Plaintiff, v. Beman A. Macfadden et al., Defendants 1908-10
Matter of the Application of Charles Greines and Elias Ginsberg, Owners, to Cancel and Discharge a Certain Bond Given by the American Bonding Company of Baltimore, to Discharge a Mechanics Lien Filed by John F. Cronin, Lienor 1908-10
Maynard N. Clement, as State Commissioner of Excise, Plaintiff, v. Bartholomew J. Smith, Defendant 1908-10
Albert Russell Brandley, Plaintiff, v. The American Butter Company, Defendant 1908-10
Richard J. Lyons, Plaintiff, v. Lewis S. Barnum et al., Defendants 1908-10
Kathrine C. Gould, Plaintiff, v. Howard Gould, Defendant 1908-11
The People ex rel. John E. Overton, Relator, v. James S. Whipple, Forest, Etc., Commissioner, Respondent 1908-11
Elmer E. Alexander et al., Under the Firm Name and Style of Davis, Reid and Alexander, Plaintiffs, v. The Trent Tile Company, Defendant 1908-11
Louis Manley et al., Plaintiffs, v. Reuben M. Manley et. al., Defendants 1908-11
Eliza C. B. Montant, Plaintiff, v. Casimer de R. Moore and Another, Defendants 1908-11
Sina Baker, Plaintiff, v. Thomas J. Bagg et al., Defendants 1908-11
Matter of the Application of Clarence H. Robbins, Frederic T. Parsons, Serena Robbins, and Ellen R. Parsons, Executors and Trustees Under the Will of Aaron S. Robbins, Deceased, to Have Determined an Attorneys Lien, Heretofore Filed by Clarence C. Ferris, Against a Certain Award of Damages Made to Said Executors and Trustees in Certain Proceedings to Acquire Title to the Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments Required for the Purpose of Opening Brooklyn Avenue from Paerdegat Basin to Clarkson Street in the Twenty-ninth Ward of the Borough of Brooklyn, the City of New York 1908-11
Grant L. Jones, Plaintiff, v. The New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company, Defendant 1908-11
Traub-Dittmar Construction Company, Plaintiff, v. Herman Hartman and Cornelius J. Horgan, Etc., et al., Defendants 1908-11
George W. Moore, Plaintiff, v. Theresa Lindsay, Defendant 1908-11
Leo Rich, Plaintiff, v. J. Quintus Cohen, Defendant 1908-11
George H. Finn, Infant, by Frank B. Pierce, His Guardian ad Litem, Plaintiff, v. Augustus T. Post, Defendant 1908-11
The Witkop and Holmes Company, Plaintiff, v. Erwin G. Boyce, Defendant 1908-11
Edward B. Pryor et al., Plaintiffs, v. City of Buffalo and One, Defendants 1908-11
Joseph Cohen, Plaintiff, v. The Department of Health of the City of New York, and the City of New York, Defendants 1908-11
Annie Rooney, Plaintiff, v. The Peoples Trust Company, Defendant 1908-11
Moy Sie Tighe, Plaintiff, v. James C. Fargo, as President of the American Express Company, Defendant 1908-11
Elmer E. Alexander et al., Plaintiffs, v. The American Encaustic Tiling Company, Defendant 1908-11
Lavinia Lally, Plaintiff, v. The New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company, Defendant 1908-11
Sackett & Wilhelms Lithographing and Printing Company and Harold Bunker, Plaintiffs, v. National Association of Employing Lithographers, Frank A. Stecher, as President Thereof, Horace Reed, as Treasurer Thereof, and Robert M. Donaldson, as Chairman of the Finance Committee Thereof, Defendants; Werther Rausch Company et al., Plaintiffs, v. National Association of Employing Lithographers, Frank A. Stecher, as President Thereof, Horace Reed, as Treasurer Thereof, and Robert M. Donaldson, as Chairman of the Finance Committee Thereof, Defendants 1908-11
The People ex rel. Fleischmann Manufacturing Company, Relator, v. Albert P. Marens et al., Constituting the Board of Assessors for Taxes in Union Free School District No. 6, in the Town of Cortlandt, County of Westchester and State of New York, Respondents 1908-11
Walter A. Mills, Appellant-Respondent, v. Erie Railroad Company, Respondent, and Frank H. Rice, Appellant 1908-11
John A. Wrede, as Receiver of Wm. S. Alley, Plaintiff, v. Franklin W. Gilley, Treasurer of New York Stock Exchange and William L. Clarke, as Trustee in Bankruptcy of Wm. S. Alley, Defendant 1908-12
Osbert S. Prindle et al., Plaintiffs, v. The Board of Education of Union Free School District No. 5, of the Town of Dewitt, Onondaga County, New York, Defendant 1908-12
James Boon et al., Plaintiffs, v. George E. Castle et al., Defendants 1908-12
The People of the State of New York, Plaintiff, v. William J. Schintzius, Defendant 1908-12
The Morning Telegraph Company, Plaintiff, v. The City of New York, Defendant 1908-12
Theodore J. Farley, Plaintiff, v. City of Lockport, et al, Defendants 1908-12
Jane D. Brinkerhoff on Behalf of Herself and All the Other Heirs-at-Law and Next of Kin of Julia David Brown, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. Mary E. Tiernan, as Executrix of the Estate of John Brown, Deceased, Defendant 1908-12
Elizabeth Cunningham, as Administratrix, Etc., Plaintiff, v. The Sheltering Arms, Defendant 1908-12
The People ex rel. Alexander M. Ross, Relator, v. John T. Dooling, et al., Composing the Board of Elections of New York City, Respondents 1908-12
Dagny Anderson, as Administratrix of Sofus K. Anderson, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. The Pennsylvania Steel Company, Defendant 1908-12
George Clinton, as Trustee for Bondholders of The South Shore Natural Gas and Fuel Company, Plaintiff, v. The South Shore Natural Gas and Fuel Company, Defendant 1908-12
The Skaneateles Paper Company, Plaintiff, v. The American Underwriters Fire Insurance Company of Monroe County, Defendant 1908-12
James Hazen Hyde and Annie F. Hyde, as Trustees Under the Last Will and Testament of Henry B. Hyde, Deceased, Fannie Chester White Hartley, Helen Hartley, Marcellus Hartley Dodge, Louis Fitzgerald, John B. Searles and William N. Coler, Jr., Plaintiffs, v. The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, The Mercantile Trust Company and George V. Turner, Defendants 1908-12
Robert S. Sutliffe, Plaintiff, v. The City of New York, Defendant 1908-12
The People ex rel. N. Y. C. & H. R. R. R. Co., Relator, v. Albert P. Keno et al., Assessors, etc. and Edwin P. Bailey, Clerk of the Village of Mohawk, Respondents 1908-12
The Colonial Match Company, Plaintiff, v. J. Willet Fox, as Trustee, Defendant 1908-12
Edward D. White, Plaintiff, v. Tobias Richardson Gibson et al., Defendants 1908-12
The People ex rel. Kenneth Allen, Relator, v. Herman A. Metz, as Comptroller of the City of New York, Respondent 1908-12
Melvin G. Palliser, Plaintiff, v. The Title Insurance Company of New York, Defendant 1908-12
George Ebeling, Plaintiff, v. Frederick H. Ebeling, Individually and as Executor of and Trustee under the Last Will and Testament of Frederick Ebeling, deceased, Defendant 1908-12
The Fairmont Athletic Club of Greater New York, Plaintiff, v. Theodore A. Bingham, Individually and as Commissioner of Police of the City of New York, et al., Defendants 1908-12
Alfred Seton, Alfred R. Conklin and Ernest E. Lorillard, as Substituted Trustees Under the Will of Peter Lorillard, Deceased, for Jacob Lorillard, Plaintiffs, v. The City of New York and William R. Willcox, William McCarroll, Edward M. Bassett, Milo R. Maltbie and John E. Eustis, Constituting the Public Service Commission in and for the First District of the State of New York, and Peter P. Cappel, Defendants 1908-12
The Buffalo Fertilizer Company, Plaintiff, v. The Town of Cheektowaga et al. Defendants 1908-12
Esther F. Blanchard, as Administratrix, Etc., Plaintiff, v. Amos F. Blanchard, Defendant 1908-12
The People ex rel. Henry W. Helfer, Relator, v. Frederick De Witt Wells, a Justice of the Municipal Court of the City of New York, now Sitting in the Ninth District of Manhattan Borough, Respondent 1908-12
William Williams et al., Plaintiffs, v. Albert London et al., Defendants 1908-12
Jennie Kelly, Plaintiff, v. John W. Kelly, Defendant 1908-12
Ann Criswell, Plaintiff, v. Silas Noble et al., Defendants 1908-12
James Moffett, Plaintiff, v. Rose Jaffe, Defendant 1908-12
Matter of the Application of J. Edward Simmons and Others, Constituting the Board of Water Supply of the City of New York to Acquire Real Estate for and on Behalf of the City of New York, Under Chapter 724 of the Laws of 1905, and the Acts Amendatory Thereof 1908-12
Michael C. Cunningham, Plaintiff, v. Samuel S. Glauber et al., Defendants 1908-12
Harris Joseph, as Administrator of the Goods, Chattels and Credits of Joseph Joseph, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. The New York City Railway Company and John Kissel & Son, Inc., Defendants 1908-12
Holland Torpedo Boat Company, Plaintiff, v. Lewis Nixon, Defendant 1908-12
Vito Caleo, Plaintiff, v. Lena Goldstein et al., Defendants 1908-12
The C. J. Sullivan Advertising Company, Plaintiff, v. The City of New York, John F. Ahearn, as President of the Borough of Manhattan, et al., Defendants 1908-12
The People ex rel. Charles Dillon and Another, Relator, v. Edward Moir, as President, Etc., Respondent 1908-12
Russell Dixon, Plaintiff, v. James J. Cozine, Defendant 1908-12
Frederic W. Wurster, James E. Nichols, Thomas M. McCarthy, William H. Force, and Walter S. Force, Plaintiffs, v. The City of New York, George B. McClellan, Mayor; Herman A. Metz, Comptroller; Patrick F. McGowan, President of the Board of Aldermen; John F. Ahearn, President of the Borough of Manhattan; Bird S. Coler, President of the Borough of Brooklyn; Louis F. Haffen, President of the Borough of The Bronx; Lawrence Gresser, President of the Borough of Queens, and George Cromwell, President of the Borough of Richmond, as and Constituting the Board of Estimate and Apportionment of said City; George B. McClellan, Mayor; Herman A. Metz, Comptroller; James J. Martin, Chamberlain; Patrick F. McGowan, President of the Board of Aldermen, and Timothy P. Sullivan, Chairman of the Finance Committee of the Board of Aldermen, as and Composing the Board of Commissioners of the Sinking Fund of said City; George B. McClellan, as Mayor of said City; Allen H. Spooner, as Commissioner of Docks of said City; Brooklyn Ferry Company, of New York; New York Terminal Company; and William O. Maden, Defendants 1908-12