New York Court of Appeals
Michael J. O’Brien, Respondent v. Henry H. Jackson, as Executors of and Trustees Under the Will of Peter A…
April 30, 1901167 N.Y. 31
Summary
The Court of Appeals held that an action at law cannot be maintained against executors and trustees in their representative capacity for a contract entered into on independent consideration, reversing the lower court's judgment and granting a new trial.