Legal Opinion

Nahoum v. Slocum, Avram & Slocum Trading Co.

Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York

Decided May 15, 1920Published

Appeal by plaintiff from a judgment of the City Court of the city of New York, dismissing the complaint.

1Opinion of the CourtWagner, J.

The plaintiff entered into an arrangement evidenced in writing with the defendant, a corporation engaged in the export and import business, on October 13,1916, whereby the plaintiff was to handle for the defendant certain commodities at a compensation to be calculated at seventeen and one-half per cent upon the net profits of the business handled by him. A subsequent written agreement was made between them on April 5, 1917, purporting on its face to evidence a modification of the original contract in a number of respects, including a provision with respect to the financing by the defendant of…

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2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. White v. . HoytNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
  2. Vanderbilt v. . SchreyerNew York Court of Appeals · 1883
  3. Di Menna v. . Cooper Evans Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1917
  4. Wahl v. . BarnumNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
  5. Jackson v. VolkeningAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903

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