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John M. Bowers, as Receiver of The Mercantile Credit Guarantee Company of New York, Respondent, v. Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corporation, Limited, Appellant, 1907 — 187 N.Y. 561 · caselaw · US
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John M. Bowers, as Receiver of The Mercantile Credit Guarantee Company of New York, Respondent, v. Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corporation, Limited, Appellant
187 N.Y. 561·New York Court of Appeals·1907·NY
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Opinion
John M. Bowers, as Receiver of The Mercantile Credit Guarantee Company of New York, Respondent, v. Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corporation, Limited, Appellant.
Bowers v. Ocean Acc. & Guarantee Corpn., 110 App. Div. 691, affirmed.
(Argued January 21, 1907;
decided February 19, 1907.)
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered February 2, 1906, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict directed by the court in an action to recover amounts claimed to be due under an alleged contract.
Laurence Arnold Tamer for appellant.
W. H. Van Benschoten for respondent.
[MAJORITY]
Judgment affirmed, with costs; no opinion.
Concur: Cullen, Ch. J., Gray, Edward T. Bartlett, Haight, Willard Bartlett, Hiscock and Chase, JJ.