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26 How. Pr. 174

Hammer v. Barnes

New York Supreme Court

Decided November 15, 1863

New York Supreme Court · decided 1863-11-15

This case came up on argument before the court on demurrer interposed by the defendant Charles N. Barnes to the plaintiff’s complaint.

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Decided 1863-11-15

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Cited by 4 later decisions — most recently November 1907

1 district · 3 state decisions

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Mullin, Justice,

¶1rendered judgment in favor of the plaintiff, overruling the demurrer, with costs ; holding it as his opinion, that in such cases the jurisdiction of the Court was established by numerous decisions, and he should not now dispute it; that in his opinion, if the plaintiff was entitled to any final relief by injunction or otherwise against Charles N. Barnes, he was properly made a party defendant.

¶2*177That the complaint showed that the plaintiff’s partners had no interest in the controversy, and the parties who were supposed to have acquired the secret from the defendants were not necessarily parties.

¶3Judgment in favor of the plaintiff, overruling the demurrer, with costs, with liberty to answer in twenty days.

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