Good v. Rumsey
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, J. Dobson Good, from a judgment of the-Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 15th day of December, 1899, upon the dismissal of the complaint by direction of the court after a trial before the court and a jury at the New York Trial Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Ingraham, J.:
The action was brought to recover for work, labor and services duly performed by the plaintiff at the request of the defendant. The answer denies the allegations of the complaint. The complaint was dismissed at the end of the plaintiff’s testimony, to which dismissal the plaintiff excepted, and that exception brings up for review the question as to whether or not upon the plaintiff’s evidence there was any question to submit to the jury.
The plaintiff testified that a Mr. Megrue introduced him to the defendant, saying: “This is the gentleman that I spoke to you about some time…
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