Hoffman v. Rose Dress Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Albert Hoffman, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Trial Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 26th day of February, 1917, correcting the interest in a verdict by reducing the amount from eighty-one dollars and fifty-one cents to thirty-seven dollars and forty-seven cents and reducing the judgment accordingly.
1Opinion of the Court
Smith, J.:
The action was brought for commissions under a contract for personal services. Before the action was brought the defendant tendered the sum of $734. After the action was brought and after the answer, but by stipulation with the same force as though made at the time of the answer, defendant deposited $734 with the city chamberlain to the credit of the action. A verdict was rendered in the action for" the plaintiff “ for the sum of $1,440.07, which includes $734 deposited with city chamberlain, $624.56 principal amount, and $81.51 interest at 6% on the total for one year.” The amount…
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