Kennett v. Hopkins
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Erancis J. Kennett, from an interlocutory judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants,, entered in tlm office of th;e clerk of the county of New York on the 3d day of August, 1900, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the New York Special Term, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 13th day of July, 1900,. overruling the exceptions to the report of a referee, and also from an order entered in…
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Appeal by the plaintiff, Erancis J. Kennett, from an interlocutory judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants,, entered in tlm office of th;e clerk of the county of New York on the 3d day of August, 1900, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the New York Special Term, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 13th day of July, 1900,. overruling the exceptions to the report of a referee, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 13th day of July, 1900, confirming said referee’s report and directing final judgment, and also…
1Opinion of the Court
Hatch, J.:
The- plaintiff, a non-resident of this State, brings this action for an accounting of the firm of - Kennett, Hopkins & Co., heretofore. *409doing business as stock and grain brokers in the city of New York. Prior to the formation of this firm there had existed the firm of Jones, McCormick & Kennett, doing a like business in the city of New York. The plaintiff and the defendant Hopkins were members of that firm. It was formed about March 15, 1886, and was dissolved by mutual agreement in 1888. Jones, Kennett & Hopkins became the successors of such firm upon its dissolution, took over all…
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