Davis Provision Co. v. Fowler Bros.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal from judgment on report of referee. Action by Davis Provision Company against Fowler Bros., Limited, and another. From a judgment upon the report of a referee against both defendants for $7,892.44 damages, and against defendant the Anglo-American Provision Company for $612.02, defendants appeal. Modified.
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Appeal from judgment on report of referee. Action by Davis Provision Company against Fowler Bros., Limited, and another. From a judgment upon the report of a referee against both defendants for $7,892.44 damages, and against defendant the Anglo-American Provision Company for $612.02, defendants appeal. Modified. The action was brought to recover damages sustained,by the plaintiff upon meats purchased by the plaintiff of the defendants from 1886 to 1892, both years inclusive, the plaintiff alleging that it ordered meats of good quality, amounting in the aggregate to several millions of…
1Opinion of the CourtLandon, J.
The plaintiff is a corporation organized in 1886 under the laws of the state of Illinois to deal in meats, grain in Chicago, El., and in New York state, and elsewhere. It complied with sections 15 and 16 of the general corporation law of this state (chapter 687, Laws 1892), authorizing it to do business in this state, and to sue and be sued. The defendant the Anglo-American Company is also a corporation formed prior to 1886, under the laws of the state of Illinois, and at the time of the organization of the plaintiff was extensively engaged in the meat and provision business in the city of…
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