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The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Amasa Lyon et al., Appellants, 1907 — 189 N.Y. 544 · caselaw · US
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The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Amasa Lyon et al., Appellants
189 N.Y. 544·New York Court of Appeals·1907·NY
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The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Amasa Lyon et al., Appellants.
People v. Lyon, 119 App. Div. 361, affirmed.
(Argued October 1, 1907;
decided October 15, 1907.)
Appeal, by permission, from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial depart-merit, entered May 10, 1907, which affirmed an interlocutory judgment of Special Term overruling a demurrer to the complaint in an action for the removal of defendants as directors of a certain corporation.
The following question was certified : “ Does the complaint state facts sufficient to constitute, a cause of action % ”
Thaddeus D. Kenneson for appellants.
W. E. Kisselburgh, Jr., for respondent.
[MAJORITY]
Order affirmed, with costs, question certified answered in the affirmative; no opinion.
Concur: Cullen, Ch. J., O’Brien, Edward T. Bartlett, Haight, Vann, Hiscock and Chase, JJ.