The Superior Court of New York City, 1879

Farmer's & Mechanic's National Bank v. Hazeltine

Farmer's & Mechanic's National Bank v. Hazeltine
The Superior Court of New York City · Decided March 3, 1879 · Vorst
13 Jones & S. 576

Counsel

C. Van Santvoord, attorney, and of counsel, for appellants., Fithian & Clark, attorneys, and Freeman J. Fithian, of counsel, for respondent.

Farmer's & Mechanic's National Bank v. Hazeltine

Opinion of the Court

Van Vorst, J.,

wrote for affirmance with costs, holding in substance:—This case involves the same principles as are presented in Farmer’s & Mechanic’s National Bank of Buffalo v. Logan, 74 N. Y. 568, and in Farmer’s & Mechanic’s National Bank of Buffalo v. Atkinson, Id. 587. The points urged by counsel for appellants are fully answered by the opinions in those cases. The maxim, nemo dab quod non habeb, applies.

Speir, J., concurred.

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