New York Supreme Court, 1912

92 opinions

The People ex rel. The City of New York, Relator, v. Charles H. Jansen, John Garrison, J. E. Jansen, etc., as Assessors of the Town of Shawangunk, Respondents 1912-01
Oliver Harriman, Joseph W. Harriman, J. Borden Harriman and John N. McCullough, Respondents, v. Calvin O. Geer and Ruth Noyes Heinze, Appellants 1912-01
The People ex rel. Alice Cox Anderson, Relator, v. John A. Snedeker et al., as the Board of Town Auditors of the Town of White Plains, Respondents 1912-01
The People ex rel. Frank R. Merrall, Relator, v. James S. Cooley, School Commissioner of the County of Nassau, and Andrew S. Draper, Commissioner of Education of the State of New York, Respondents 1912-01
John Pulis, Plaintiff, v. James C. Stewart and Alexander M. Stewart, Defendants 1912-01
Edward A. Becker, Executor, Plaintiff, v. The Colonial Life Insurance Company, Defendant 1912-01
Nathan Bilder, as Trustee, Plaintiff, v. Charles E. Ellis, Defendant 1912-01
William M. Barrett, as President of The Adams Express Co., Plaintiff, v. William T. Russell, Defendant 1912-01
John W. Hunt, Plaintiff, v. Bessie H. Hunt, Defendant 1912-01
Matter of the Application of the Board of Water Supply of the City of New York to Acquire Real Estate, etc. 1912-01
The Trustees of the Freeholders and Commonalty of the Town of Brookhaven, Plaintiff, v. The Dyett Sand-Lime Brick Company, Defendant 1912-01
The People of the State of New York, Plaintiff, v. The Delaware & Hudson Company, Defendant 1912-01
Matter of the Application of Margaret A. Calhoun for a Writ of Mandamus against Arthur MacArthur, as County Treasurer of Rensselaer County, New York 1912-01
Rose Manning, Plaintiff, v. John S. Sheehan, Individually and as Executor and Trustee Under the Last Will and Testament of Michael D. Sheehan, Deceased, et al., Defendants 1912-01
The German Savings Bank in the City of New York, Plaintiff, v. Catharine E. Dunn, Impleaded with the City of New York, Defendants 1912-01
Paul Mizak, Plaintiff, v. The Carborundum Co., Defendant 1912-01
The People ex rel. Andrew Bulger et al., Relators, v. Matthew F. Hart et al., Assessors, etc., of the City of Olean, Defendants 1912-01
The Hudson River Telephone Co., Plaintiff, v. The City of New York, Defendant 1912-01
The People of the State of New York, Plaintiff, v. Millie J. Newcomb, as Administratrix, Etc., Defendant 1912-01
Town of Queensbury, Plaintiff, v. The Hudson Valley Railway Company, Defendant; The People ex rel. John Blackburn, Commissioner of Highways of the Town of Moreau, Saratoga County, N. Y., Relator, v. The Hudson Valley Railway Company, Defendant 1912-01
Albert Miller, also Known as The Great Howard, Plaintiff, v. Joe Myers, Defendant 1912-01
Harriet H. Phillips and George W. Murray, as Administrators with the Will Annexed of the Goods, Chattels and Credits Which Were of Anna E. Comer, Deceased, Plaintiffs, v. Henry G. Wisner, as Executor of the Last Will and Testament of John H. Comer, Deceased, and Harriet H. Phillips, Defendants 1912-01
Henry de Groot Robinson, Plaintiff, v. New York Life Insurance and Trust Company et al., Defendants 1912-01
Elias N. Mallouk, Plaintiff, v. The American Exchange National Bank et al., Defendants 1912-01
Germano P. Baccelli, as Administrator of Antonic Di Paolo, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. Raymond M. Booth, Defendant 1912-01
Matter of the Application of John J. Hopper, Relator-Appellant, for Relief, v. J. Gabriel Britt, Moses M. McKee, James Kane and Jacob Livingston, Constituting the Board of Elections of the City of New York, Defendants-Respondents 1912-01
Howard S. Starrett, Plaintiff, v. Maurice E. Connelly, Defendant 1912-01
Lillian Cantwell, Plaintiff, v. The City of New York, Defendant; Mary Carew, Plaintiff, v. The City of New York, Defendant 1912-01
The Continental Securities Company and Clarence H. Venner, Stockholders in the Interborough Rapid Transit. Company, on Behalf of Themselves and all Other Stockholders, Similarly Situated, and on Behalf of the said Interborough Rapid Transit Company, Plaintiffs, v. August Belmont, Andrew Freedman, Emma Jourdan, as Sole Executrix of the Last Will and Testament of James Jourdan, Deceased, Gardiner M. Lane, Georgie A. McDonald, as Sole Executrix of the Last Will and Testament of John B. McDonald, Deceased, Walter G. Oakman, John Pierce, William A. Read, Cornelius Vanderbilt, George W. Young, Walter Luttgen and the Interborough Rapid Transit Company, Defendants 1912-01
Henry Lowenstein, Plaintiff, v. The International Railway Company, Defendant 1912-01
Matter of the Application of Enoch B. Norton for an Order Directing a Resubmission of Local Option Questions to the Electors of the Town of Hartford, Pursuant to Section 13 of the Liquor Tax Law 1912-01
Charles M. Hallock, Plaintiff, v. William Dillon, Moses D. Kibbie and John T. Sullivan, Defendants 1912-01
Clara Hacker et al., Plaintiffs, v. Joseph Carl Hacker and Philip Young, Defendants 1912-01
The Shinola Company, Plaintiff, v. The House of Krieg, Carl H. Krieg, Hamilton Bassett and George A. Knapp, Defendants 1912-01
Giovanni Banchetti, as Administrator of the Estate of Pietro Amato, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. C. K. Williams & Company, Defendant 1912-01
The People of the State of New York, Plaintiff, v. Charles H. Hyde, Defendant 1912-01
George A. Higgins, Plaintiff, v. The New York Dock Company, Defendant 1912-01
The Globe Woolen Company, Plaintiff, v. The Utica Gas and Electric Company, Defendant 1912-02
The People of the State of New York ex rel. Phoenix Construction Company, Relator, v. Frank Jerome Hoyle, John L. Hayes and Henry C. Merritt, Constituting the Bronx Valley Sewer Commission, Defendants 1912-02
The Mercantile National Bank of the City of New York, Plaintiff, v. Otto C. Heinze, Arthur P. Heinze, Max H. Schultze, Defendants 1912-02
Philip Renckert, Plaintiff, v. Bernhard Bastian et al., Defendants 1912-02
Susan E. Hadcox, Plaintiff, v. Mary R. Cody, Individually and as Executrix of the Will of James A. Carey, Deceased, et al., Defendants 1912-02
The Empire Roller Rink Company, Plaintiff, v. The Western Union Telegraph Company, Defendant 1912-02
John Hyde, as Liquidator, Etc., of the Great Northern Construction Company, Etc., Plaintiff, v. J. G. Scott, Defendant 1912-02
Louis Manevitz , Plaintiff, v. The Northern Bank of New York and Another, Defendants 1912-02
Matter of the Application of Edward D. Peters for a Writ of Mandamus against William G. Justice, as Comptroller of the City of Buffalo, Defendant 1912-02
Charles H. Van Ness, as Executor, Etc., of Leroy Whitaker, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. J. Andrew Kenyon, Defendant 1912-02
Matter of the Application of John A. Van Arsdale for a Writ of Mandamus against William G. Justice, as Comptroller of the City of Buffalo, and Clark H. Hammond, as Corporation Counsel of Said City of Buffalo 1912-02
Matter of the Application of Francis B. Gibbons for a Writ of Mandamus against William A. Prendergast, Comptroller of the City of New York 1912-02
Edith A. Hulbert, Appellant, v. The Felber Engineering Works, Respondent 1912-03
The Roaring Spring Blank Book Company, Respondent, v. Harry Lesser, Appellant 1912-03
In the Matter of the Application of Asbury C. Townsend, as Chairman of the Democratic County Committee, for an Order Directing the Custodian of the Primary Records to File Certain Designations of Candidates for Party Nominations, etc.; In the Matter of the Application of Charles E. Akin and Thomas OBrien for an Order Directing the Custodian of Primary Records to Strike from His Records Certain Designations of Candidates for Party Nominations, etc. 1912-03
In re Joseph Somme 1912-03
Newton E. Farnsworth, Plaintiff, v. Boro Oil and Gas Co., Defendant 1912-03
Brooklyn, Queens County and Suburban Railroad Company, Plaintiff, v. Maria A. Bird and the City of New York, Defendants 1912-03
John Sherman Hoyt, Plaintiff, v. Alfred E. Steers and Others, Defendants 1912-03
Matter of the Application of Wallace T. Wetmore for a Determination Under Section 125 of the Election Law 1912-03
People of the State of New York, Plaintiff, v. Philip Quartararo, Defendant 1912-03
In the Matter of the Application of Stephen Sherman for a Writ of Certiorari to Review the Determination of the State Commission of Highways 1912-03
Charles P. Boland Company, Plaintiff, v. The Emma Willard School, Defendant 1912-03
In the Matter of the Designation of Charles H. Swarthout as a Candidate for Election as Member of the Democratic State Committee for the Fortieth Senatorial District, Comprising the Counties of Cayuga, Seneca and Cortland, and of the Petitions Whereby Said Designation is Attempted to be Made, and the Application of Charles F. Ratigan in Relation Thereto 1912-03
Missouri Pacific Railway, Plaintiff, v. Mercantile Trust Company, Defendant 1912-03
George A. Hall, Plaintiff, v. Edward C. Hyle et al., Defendants 1912-03
Andy Amann and Another, Plaintiffs, v. United Booking Offices of America et al., Defendants 1912-03
In the Matter of the Protest and Objections to the Board of Elections of the City of New York against the Petition Filed by George W. Salter, Frank McGuire and Dom. Fittipaldi, Committee, etc., and against the Board of Elections of the City of New York, etc. 1912-03
Edwin Thacher and Another, Plaintiffs, v. New York, Westchester and Boston Railway Company, Defendant 1912-03
Charles M. Lane, Plaintiff, v. Lily B. Fenn, as Executor, Etc., Impleaded with Tiimas W. Finucane et al., Defendants 1912-03
Timothy F. Allen, Plaintiff, v. Leonard Kebler et al., Defendants 1912-03
Matter of the Application of Frank H. Burke, for a Peremptory Writ of Mandamus against Maurice E. Connolly, as President of the Borough of Queens 1912-04
The Engineer Co., Plaintiff, v. Herring-Hall, Marvin Safe Co., Defendant 1912-04
Matter of the Application of William Maurice Kirby for a Writ of Mandamus to Charles F. Roe as Major-General Commanding the Division National Guard, N. G., N. Y. and William Verbeck, the Adjutant-General of the State of New York 1912-04
Matter of Application of Edward W. Bennett for an Order Revoking and Cancelling Liquor Tax Certificate No. 22,183 Issued to William H. Jones 1912-04
The People of the State of New York, Plaintiff, v. Francis G. Ward, Defendant; The People of the State of New York, Plaintiff, v. Henry Lyon, Defendant 1912-04
Henry A. Koelsch, Plaintiff, v. Nicholas D. Kendall and Others, Defendants 1912-04
In the Matter of the Petition of Charles N. Zimmer to Review the Action of John E. Finn, Michael S. Fitzgerald, E. Clarence Papworth and A. W. West, Constituting the Board of Primary Election Inspectors of the First Election District of the Eighth Ward of the City of Lockport, Niagara County, New York, in Failing to Count Certain Votes for Said Charles N. Zimmer as a Candidate for Member of the Republican County Committee, for Said District of Said Ward, in Making an Incorrect Oral Statement of the Result as to the Election of Said Committeeman and in Making an Incorrect Statement Upon the Statement of Result Sheet, as to the Election of Such Committeeman, and to Restrain Dow Vroman and Robert J. Moore, as Custodians of Primary Records of Said County, From Issuing a Certificate of Election Upon Such Return 1912-04
Matter of the Petition of Gertrude M. Jones, as Assignee and Legal Representative of W. Martin Jones, Late Attorney and Counselor at Law, Deceased, to Determine and Enforce Her Lien upon the Judgment for Plaintiff Acquired in the Action of Richard Sandiford Against The Town of Hempstead et al., in the Supreme Court of Queens County, N. Y. 1912-04
George Ferguson, as Administrator of Carl T. Ferguson, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. The Turner Construction Company and Gustave Schock, Defendants 1912-04
In the Matter of the Application of the City of New York Relative to Acquiring Land for Thirty-ninth Street Ferry, Etc. 1912-04
Guiseppe Miano, Plaintiff, v. The Empire State Surety Company and The City of New York, Defendants 1912-04
Carolina Goettlicher, Plaintiff, v. Carolina Wille et al., Defendants 1912-04
The Admiral Realty Company, Plaintiff, v. The City of New York, William J. Gaynor, William A. Prendergast, John Purroy Mitchel, George McAneny, Alfred A. Steers, George Cromwell, Cyrus C. Miller and Maurice E. Connolly, as Members of and Constituting the Board of Estimate and Apportionment of the City of New York; William R. Willcox, William McCarroll, Milo R. Maltbie, John E. Eustis and J. Sergeant Cram, as Members of and Constituting the Public Service Commission for the First District; Interborough Rapid Transit Company, Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company and Brooklyn Union Elevated Railroad Company, Defendants; John J. Hopper, Plaintiff, v. William R. Willcox, William McCarroll, Milo R. Maltbie, John E. Eustis, and J. Sergeant Cram, as Members of and Constituting the Public Service Commission for the First District, Defendants; John R. Ryon, Plaintiff, v. William R. Willcox, William McCarroll, Milo R. Maltbie, John E. Eustis and J. Sergeant Cram, as Members of and Constituting the Public Service Commission for the First District of the State of New York, Brooklyn Union Elevated Railroad Company and Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company, Defendants 1912-04
Matter of the Application of Arthur Owens for a Writ of Peremptory Mandamus 1912-05
William M. Crowe, Plaintiff, v. Malba Land Company (N. Y. Corp.) and Malba Land Company (a Conn. Corp.), et al., Defendants; Harry Harris, Plaintiff, v. Malba Land Company (N. Y. Corp.) and Malba Land Company (a Conn. Corp.), et al., Defendants 1912-05
The St. Lawrence County National Bank, Plaintiff, v. Frank H. Watkins, Mary F. Watkins, and Bertrand H. Snell, Defendants 1912-05
John McKeon, Plaintiff, v. Proctor & Gamble Manufacturing Company, Defendant 1912-05
William S. Hart, as Substituted Trustee under the Last Will and Testament of Sylvia Foster, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. Louisa H. Shurtleff, Vivien L. Foster, Lillian L. Foster, as Executrix of the Last Will and Testament of S. Olin Foster, Deceased, Jessie Doody, Clara Chapman, Foster Evans, Ethel Evans, Alma Evans and Abbie Evans, Defendants 1912-05
Joseph W. Cain, Plaintiff, v. Royal E. Snyder, and Bessie A. Snyder, Defendants 1912-05
Russell M. Johnston et al., Plaintiffs, v. Anna May Scott et al., Defendants 1912-05
Peter Van Varick, Plaintiff, v. Suburban Investment Company, Defendant 1912-05
Henry M. Guenther and Richard Humphrey, Plaintiffs, v. Maurice B. Patch, Edward H. Butler, Augustus F. Scheu, William P. Northrup, Andrew Langdon, John J. McWilliams, Henry Schaefer, Henry M. Gerrans, Henry D. Kirkover and William H. Fitzpatrick, the Commissioners for the Relief of the City of Buffalo from the Obstruction of the Streets, Avenues and Public Places of the City of Buffalo by Railroads Crossing the Same at Grade, Acting for and on Behalf of the City of Buffalo; International Bridge Company and City of Buffalo, Defendants 1912-05
The New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company, Plaintiff, v. The City of Buffalo and George M. Zimmerman, as Comptroller of the City of Buffalo, Defendants 1912-05
The Nason Manufacturing Company, Plaintiff, v. Lorenzo C. Adams, Defendant 1912-05