Brendlin v. Beers
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Lucius H. Beefs, from an order of the Appellate Term of the Supreme Court, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 1st day of July, 1910, reversing a judgment of the City Court of the city of New York entered in the office of the clerk of said court on the 29th day of January, 1910, in favor of the defendant,' dismissing the complaint.
1Opinion of the Court
McLaughlin, J.:
The plaintiff, at the time stated in the complaint, was engaged in the retail tea and coffee business, employing several' salesmen to take orders and make deliveries — he, personally, collecting the bills. On July 12, 1909, he went to an apartment house owned by the defendant in this action for the purpose of collecting a bill- from a customer. He entered the vestibule, rang the customer’s bell, and thereupon the janitor of the house appeared and asked him what he wanted. The plaintiff informed the janitor that he came to collect a bill from one *404of the tenants, whom he named.…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Bliss v. . JohnsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
- Totten v. . PhippsNew York Court of Appeals · 1873
- Parsons v. BrownNew York Supreme Court · 1853
- Duffield v. E. T. Barnum Wire & Iron WorksMichigan Supreme Court · 1887
- Brendlin v. BeersNew York Supreme Court · 1910
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