Bouker Contracting Co. v. Scribner
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Motion by the defendant, G. Hilton Scribner, for a new trial upon, a case containing exceptions, ordered to be heard at the Appellate Division in the first instance upon the verdict of a jury in favor of the plaintiff; rendered by direction of the court after a trial at the New York Trial Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Patterson, J.:
This cause comes before us upon exceptions ordered, to be. heard in the first instance at the Appellate Division. Upon the trial a verdict was directed for the plaintiff, who sought to recover from *506the defendant the amount of an indebtedness represented by promissory .notes made by. the firm of Fogg & Scribner, of which the defendant was at one time a member. The copartnership was constituted by written articles of agreement dated July 16, 1889, between John C. Fogg and G. Hilton Scribner (this defendant) and Gilbert Hilton Scribner. It was to continue for five years. This…
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