Barnes v. American China Development Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, the American China Development Company and another, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Hew York on the 22d day of April, 1908, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 21st day of April, 1908, denying the defendants’ motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Patterson, P. J.:
On careful consideration of the evidence as it appears in the record in this case, I think it is established that the plaintiff was employed to negotiate with the Chinese minister at Washington the contract which is referred to as the coal concession, and that as a result of his efforts that contract (with others) was entered into, and that he would be entitled to recover the value of his service rendered in connection with that subject, were it not for the fact that he has released his claim arising ont of the performance of that service. That such release was operative to…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Kirchner v. New Home Sewing MacHine Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1892
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