New York Court of Appeals

The New York and Oswego Midland Railroad Company, Appellant v. Sylvester A. Van Horn, Respondent

May 5, 187457 N.Y. 473

Summary

The Court affirmed the lower court, holding that a subscription to railroad stock made without the statutorily required ten percent payment is void and that the 1869 statute relieving the ten‑percent requirement applies only prospectively, not to subscriptions made before its enactment.