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.