Snyder v. . Seaman
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered March 18; 1896, reversing a judgment of the late Court of Common Pleas for the city and county of New York in favor of the plaintiff, entered upon the report of a referee, and dismissing the complaint. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material,, are stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered March 18; 1896, reversing a judgment of the late Court of Common Pleas for the city and county of New York in favor of the plaintiff, entered upon the report of a referee, and dismissing the complaint. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material,, are stated in the opinion. The partnership contract did not authorize the payment of the taxes as a debt or expense of the firm. (Williamson v. Seely, 22 App. Div. 391; Schoonmaker v. Hoyt, 148 N. Y. 431.) This court has no…
1Opinion of the CourtHaight, J.
This action was brought for an accounting. On the first day of May, 1885, the plaintiff and defendant entered into written articles of copartnership for the purpose of dealing in butter, cheese and produce, as commission merchants, which continued until the 30tli day of April, 1892. At the time of the dissolution of the copartnership, a dispute arose over the personal taxes assessed against the defendant in the city of New York for the years 1885 to 1891, inclusive, which had been paid out of the copartnership funds and charged to store expenses. There were other matters about which the…
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