Wolthausen v. Trimpert
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover one half of a loss sustained by the plaintiff upon an assigned account, for which the defendant was alleged to be responsible under his written agreement with the plaintiff, brought to and tried by the Court of Common Pleas in Fairfield County, Booth, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff for $1,613, and appeal by the defendant.
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Action to recover one half of a loss sustained by the plaintiff upon an assigned account, for which the defendant was alleged to be responsible under his written agreement with the plaintiff, brought to and tried by the Court of Common Pleas in Fairfield County, Booth, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff for $1,613, and appeal by the defendant. Ón May 4th, 1914, the plaintiff sold to the Wolthausen Rough Hat Company all his stock in that Company for $18,000.- He was to receive cash. The defendant was oné of the'principal stockholders of the Rough Hat Company, and at the…
1Opinion of the CourtGager, J.
The principal question upon the" foregoing statement, of facts relates to the construction to be given to the- contract between the plaintiff and the defendant. The operative part of the contract reads as follows: “that said parties shall bear an equal share of any loss that may be incurred by the said Wolthausen on the balance of $5,000 which under the terms of said agreement of February 7, 1914, it is provided may remain to the credit of the said M. Oppenheim Hat Company for a period of ninety days after the indebtedness of the said M. Oppenheim Hat Company has been reduced to said sum of…
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