Coleman v. McClenahan
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Matthew Coleman, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 30th day of April, 1910, upon the decision of the court, rendered after a trial at the Kings County Trial Term, both sides having moved for the direction of a verdict at the close of the case, dismissing the complaint upon the merits.
1Opinion of the Court
Rich, J.:
This appeal is from a judgment dismissing plaintiff’s complaint upon the merits at the close of the evidence, and upon the request of both parties for a direction of a verdict. The action is upon a written contract, by the terms of which the defendant undertook and agreed to pay to the plaintiff one-half of the amount recovered by the estate of David Stevenson, of which the defendant was an executor, upon a judgment owned by said estate against the Mutual Brewing Company, providing such recovery was the result of facts and information furnished by the plaintiff to the attorney for…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Matter of ColemanNew York Court of Appeals · 1903
3Cited by2 opinions
- 72nd & First, Inc. v. KrausharCivil Court of the City of New York · 1971
- Coleman v. McClenahanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1914