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COMPROMISE - INVALID CLAIM . A promise made in consideration of the
release by the promisee of a claim against the promisor is valid , though the claim
released was not enforceable , as forbearing to prosecute the claim is sufficient to
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COMPROMISE - INVALID CLAIM . A promise made in consideration of the
release by the promisee of a claim against the promisor is valid , though the claim
released was not enforceable , as forbearing to prosecute the claim is sufficient to
...
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They were told that the plaintiff ' s testimony indicated an agreement founded
upon the consideration of her relinquishing her claim on him as a partner of his
sons , and that she claimed that the evidence of his connection with this firm of B .
L ...
They were told that the plaintiff ' s testimony indicated an agreement founded
upon the consideration of her relinquishing her claim on him as a partner of his
sons , and that she claimed that the evidence of his connection with this firm of B .
L ...
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a consideration for the agreement to pay one hundred dollars a month may be
found in Mrs . Dovale ' s abandonment of her claim against Mr . Ackerman , Sr . ,
in his capacity of partner , as evidenced by her letter of September 3 , 1885 .
a consideration for the agreement to pay one hundred dollars a month may be
found in Mrs . Dovale ' s abandonment of her claim against Mr . Ackerman , Sr . ,
in his capacity of partner , as evidenced by her letter of September 3 , 1885 .
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16 , to satisfy his claims for services and disbursements in this action and other
litigations affecting it , and in prior litigations on behalf of one Campbell , the
original owner of the claim in suit , for money advanced to Campbell , and a note
...
16 , to satisfy his claims for services and disbursements in this action and other
litigations affecting it , and in prior litigations on behalf of one Campbell , the
original owner of the claim in suit , for money advanced to Campbell , and a note
...
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From an order directing payment to plaintiff of the claim in suit , without interest ,
and a discontinuance of the action , without costs , plaintiff appeals . Reversed .
Argued before DALY , C. J. , and BISCHOFF and PRYOR , JJ . W. E. Benjamin ,
for ...
From an order directing payment to plaintiff of the claim in suit , without interest ,
and a discontinuance of the action , without costs , plaintiff appeals . Reversed .
Argued before DALY , C. J. , and BISCHOFF and PRYOR , JJ . W. E. Benjamin ,
for ...
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Page 578 - ... any child to whom any such decedent, grantor, donor, or vendor for not less than ten years prior to such transfer stood in the mutually acknowledged relation of a parent...
Page 546 - ... with the president, or other head of the association or corporation, or the secretary, cashier or managing agent thereof.
Page 387 - The surrogate's court in the county in which the real property is situate of a decedent who was not a resident of the state, or in the county of which the decedent was a resident at the time of his death, shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine all questions in relation to the tax arising under the provisions of this act, and the surrogate first acquiring jurisdiction hereunder shall retain the same to the exclusion of every other.
Page 484 - No foreign stock corporation other than a monied corporation, shall do business in this state without having first procured from the secretary of state a certificate that it has complied with all the requirements of law to authorize it to do business in this state, and that the business of the corporation to be carried on in this state is such as may be lawfully carried on by a corporation incorporated under the laws of this state for such or similar business...
Page 405 - This entire policy, unless otherwise provided by agreement indorsed hereon or added hereto, shall be void if the insured now has or shall hereafter make or procure any other contract of insurance, whether valid or not, on property covered in whole or in part by this policy...
Page 328 - No conveyance, assignment or transfer of any property of any such corporation by it or by any officer, director or stockholder thereof, nor any payment made, judgment suffered, lien created or security given by it or by any officer, director or stockholder when the corporation is insolvent or its insolvency is imminent, with the intent of giving a preference to any particular creditor over other creditors of the corporation shall be valid.
Page 722 - The rule must be regarded as well settled that the contracts of executors, although made in the interest and for the benefit of the estate they represent, if made upon a new and independent consideration, as for services rendered, goods or property sold and delivered, or other consideration moving between the promisee and the executors as promisors, are the personal contracts of the executors, and do not bind the estate...
Page 370 - In every public department and upon all public works of the state of New York and of the cities, counties, towns and villages thereof, honorably discharged soldiers, sailors and marines from the army and navy of the United States in the late...
Page 714 - The answer of the defendant must contain: 1. A general or specific denial of each material allegation of the complaint controverted by the defendant, or of any knowledge or information thereof sufficient to form a belief.
Page 515 - ... director or stockholder when the corporation is insolvent or its insolvency is imminent, with the intent of giving a preference to any particular creditor over other creditors of the corporation shall be valid. Every person receiving by means of any such prohibited act or deed any property of the corporation shall be bound to account therefor to its creditors or stockholders or other trustees.