Beugger v. Ashley
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Johannes Alexander Beugger, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of certain of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 3d day of July, 1912, upon the decision of the court after a trial at the New York Special Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Scott, J.:
The plaintiff, in the years 1898 and 1899, was a member of the firm of Werckshagen, Beugger & Herzog, composed of himself and the defendant Max Werckshagen. It was organized for the purpose of buying and shipping what are described as “brewers’ grains.” To carry on this business it made time contracts with different brewers to take the grain resulting from the operations of their breweries. Plaintiff lived in Switzerland, and had contributed all the capital used and invested by the firm. Werckshagen was the resident partner who ran the business here. He contributed no capital, but…
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