Horton v. Hall & Clark Manufacturing Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the Half & Clark Manufacturing Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Few York on the 28th day of January, 1904, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 22d day of January, 1904, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
The plaintiffs have recovered a verdict for a breach of contract, by which they claim that the defendant became obligated to continue the business of manufacturing cotton wadding throughout the year 1900, and to permit them to sell the product on a commission of five per cent on all sales made by them. The defendant continued to manufacture and the plaintiffs continued to sell the goods until the 20th day of July, 1900, when the defendant notified the plaintiffs- that it had sold its business to the Union Wadding Company, and it thereupon ceased manufacturing, except that it…
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