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Henry H. Persons et al., as Receivers of the Bank of Commerce in Buffalo, Respondents, v. William H. Gardner et al., Appellants, and Robert R. Hefford et al., Respondents, 1907 — 188 N.Y. 571 · caselaw · US
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Henry H. Persons et al., as Receivers of the Bank of Commerce in Buffalo, Respondents, v. William H. Gardner et al., Appellants, and Robert R. Hefford et al., Respondents
188 N.Y. 571·New York Court of Appeals·1907·NY
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Henry H. Persons et al., as Receivers of the Bank of Commerce in Buffalo, Respondents, v. William H. Gardner et al., Appellants, and Robert R. Hefford et al., Respondents.
(Argued March 12, 1907;
decided April 2, 1907.)
Persons v. Gardner, 113 App. Div. 597, affirmed.
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered June 11, 1906, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiffs entered upon a decision of the court on trial at an Equity Term in an action against stockholders of a bank to recover a deficiency in its assets.
Adalbert Moot for appellants.
Edward R. Bosley for plaintiffs, respondents.
George Wadsworth for defendants, respondents.
[MAJORITY]
Judgment affirmed, with costs, on opinion of Williams, J., below.
Concur: Cullen, Ch. J., Gray, Vann, Werner,Willard Bartlett, Hiscook and Chase, JJ.