Miner v. Stolts
New York Court of Common Pleas
, Appeal from city court, general term. Action by Henry C. Miner against Jonas Stolts and others. From a judgment of the city court (30 H. Y. Supp. 1133) affirming a judgment entered on a verdict in favor of plaintiff, and from an order denying a motion for a new trial, defendants appeal.
1Per curiam
This is an action to recover the contract price of an electric light plant claimed by the plaintiff to have been sold by him to the defendants. . The answer was a general denial. The evidence given on the part of the defense was that the plant was purchased, not from the plaintiff, but from one May, to whom, at the beginning of the negotiations, the plaintiff referred the defendant in these words: “I will have nothing to do with it. You deal with Mr. May. Whatever Mr. May will do with you, it is all right.”
The judge charged as follows:
“If you find the evidence that that statement [referring…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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- Goldberg v. Housing Auth. of City of NewarkSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1962
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