Hardin v. Robinson
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiffs, John R. Hardin and another, as trustees, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of- the county of New York on the 6th day of June, 1916, upon the report of a referee appointed to hear and determine the issues.
1Opinion of the Court
Page, J.:
The action was brought by the trustees under the last will and testament of Oscar Keen, deceased, for an accounting from the defendants for the proceeds of a certain joint adventure. The contested questions of fact were largely found in favor of the plaintiffs and are briefly stated as follows:
In the month of January, 1907, Oscar Keen, Merle Middleton and George Frederick Keene associated themselves together in a joint adventure to buy and sell the Baldwin Locomotive Works, a large manufacturing plant in Philadelphia, Penn., owned by Burnham, Williams & Co., a copartnership. Some…
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