Empire State Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Bickford
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from special term, Monroe county. Action by the Empire State Telephone & Telegraph Company against Frank A. Bickford for an accounting. From an order of reference for a hearing and determination of the issues joined, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDwight, P. J.
The action was brought to obtain an accounting by the defendant of his agency for the plaintiff as manager of its office and business at Cortland for a period of nine years ending with the 31st day of December, 1892. The business so managed by the defendant was that of a telephone exchange, through which communications were carried on between about 135 subscribers, besides what was known as “toll” or “trunk line” business. The complaint further alleges that during the period of his agency the defendant rendered to the plaintiff frequent reports, in items, which purported to contain a true…
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