Verbeck v. Duryea

The complaint alleges that the plaintiff is in the business of decorating and supplying houses with interior furnishings, and has been so engaged for the past twenty-five years; that prior to January 1, 1900, he was employed by the defendant and one Ellis G. Potter, for whom he estimated on and secured contracts; that he had a number of personal customers, whose business he secured for his employers; that one of plaintiff’s personal customers, named Jennings, commissioned defendant to buy a gilt cabinet in Europe for said customer; that defendant sent Jennings a domestic cabinet instead of an…