English v. Rauchfuss
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal from judgment rendered by the justice of the Thirteenth Judicial District Court in favor of the plaintiff.
1Opinion of the CourtBischoff, J.
The action was for work, labor and services performed by the plaintiff in and about the defendant’s apartment-houses at the request of one Wendehaek, the defendant’s agent, and *495the defense was payment based upon the evidence that the plaintiff had received the agent’s notes to the amount of the claim and had given a receipt as follows: “Eeceived payment (signed), M. L. English,” indorsed upon a statement of account rendered by the plaintiff to the defendant.
It appeared upon the trial that upon the production of this receipt by the agent the defendant settled with him, and the question in the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Henry v. . AllenNew York Court of Appeals · 1896
- Muldon v. WhitlockNew York Supreme Court · 1823
- Bickford v. . MenierNew York Court of Appeals · 1887
- Cheever v. SmithNew York Supreme Court · 1818
- Rathbone & Banks v. Tucker & CarterNew York Supreme Court · 1836
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