Dowd v. Hughes
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, James E. Hughes, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Hew York on the 18th day of December, 1915, upon the decision of the court after a trial at the Hew York Special Term.
1Opinion of the Court
McLaughlin, J.:
This action was brought for an accounting. The complaint alleges that the defendant is the surviving member of the firm of A. S. Hughes’ Sons, whose business down to about January 1, 1901, was that of managing owners and agents of all the owners as tenants in common, in the operation of a steam tugboat known as the Atkins-Hughes ; that the plaintiff owns an undivided one thirty-second part of such boat, which she has held since the firm commenced business; that on or about April 1, 1913, the defendant acquired the ownership and control of thirty-one undivided thirty-seconds of…
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