Smith v. United Traction & Electric Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal from trial term, New York county. Action by David N. Smith against the United Traction & Electric Company. From a judgment dismissing the complaint, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRumsey, J.
The plaintiff, as the assignor of Homer M. Daggett and others, made a contract on the 14th of December, 1893, with the defendant, which he alleges the defendant has refused to perform, and this action is brought for damages for such refusal. Daggett and his associates were interested in the Interstate Street-Railway Company, which owned and controlled the street railways in the neighborhood of the city of Pawtucket, R. I. In May, 1893, Daggett and his associates bad entered into a contract with the defendant looking to the purchase by the defendant of a controlling interest in the shares of…
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