Scott v. Lister

The facts essential to our decision may be briefly stated. Plaintiff’s claim is predicated upon defendant’s breach of a contract for the purchase of personal property. It consisted of the assets of a New York corporation which carried on the business of furnishing by mail home study courses on factory management. The defendant, who was located in Chicago, owned and controlled •the Blackstone Institute, Inc., which conducted a correspondence school in the study of law.

The property at the date of the execution of the contract was located in New York city. It consisted of text books, bound and…