Sullivan v. Ryan-Parker Construction Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Cornelius J. Sullivan, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 30th day of August, 1911, denying the plaintiff’s motion for an inspection and discovery of the defendant’s books and documents.
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, J.:
The plaintiff and the defendant entered into an agreement which, among other things, provided that, in case the defendant was awarded by the city of New York the contract for the construction of the Manhattan bridge, it would pay the plaintiff one-half of its net profits. The plaintiff, asserting a breach of the contract, .brought this suit and in his complaint prayed for an accounting. After joinder of issue, the plaintiff noticed the case for trial and put it. on the Special Term calender. The defendant then moved that it be transferred to the Trial Term calendar on the ground…
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