Breach of contract -- New York (State)
Subject
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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Delaware and Hudson Canal Company legal documents
Collection — Manuscript box 7 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065240727]
Identifier: 1115m
Scope and content
Legal documents and correspondence surrounding several lawsuits filed by the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company against various other firms for failing to pay for shipments of coal, a failure possibly due to the financial crisis of 1857. Defendants in these cases include James Roy and John Knower; Joseph Stackpole and George D. Wotkyns (also spelled Watkins); Harry Bushnell and Moses T. Meeker; William J. Noyes and Pelatiah M. Hutton; the Utica Steam Woollen Company; and the Utica Globe...
Dates:
1851-1860.
Dole vs. Fellows legal documents
Collection — Manuscript box 31 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065246336]
Identifier: 1111m
Scope and content
Printed documents laying out the various sides of the case as it came before the New York State Supreme Court and the state Court of Appeals. Included are the points made by the attorneys for the defendant and the plaintiff, and opinions of two judges.
Dates:
1850-1854.
Williams vs. Devereux legal documents
Collection — Manuscript box 8 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065240891]
Identifier: 1134m
Scope and content
6 items, including manuscript legal documents and correspondence concerning the case as it came before the New York State Supreme Court, including testimony of the plaintiff, the judge's decision, and letters among the attorneys: Kernan, Quinn & Kernan for the defendant, and Sprague & Fillmore for the plaintiff.
Dates:
1853-1868.