Duff v. Hutchinson
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from special term, New York county. Action by John E. Duff against William J. Hutchinson and George H. Kennedy. Plaintiff appeals from a judgment dismissing his complaint on its merits.
1Opinion of the CourtVan Brunt, P. J.
This action was brought to have a certain general release, executed by the plaintiff in favor of the defendants, limited and confined in its operation and effects to three specific matters and transactions between the parties, and for an accounting between the parties as to all other matters or transactions between them. It appeared upon the trial that the defendants were copartners, doing business as stockbrokers and bankers, and had been such for five years and more preceding the 31st of December, 1881; that the defendants during such period transacted business for the plaintiff in buying…
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