Vernier v. Knauth
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by -the defendants, Percival Knauth and others, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs, entered in the office of the cleric of the county of New York on the-19th day of October, 1895, upon the report of a referee, and also from "an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 18th day of October, 1895, granting an extra allowance of costs.
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Appeal by -the defendants, Percival Knauth and others, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs, entered in the office of the cleric of the county of New York on the-19th day of October, 1895, upon the report of a referee, and also from "an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 18th day of October, 1895, granting an extra allowance of costs. Also, an appeal by said defendants from an order of the Supreme Oourt, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county "of New York on the 19th. day of Febuary, 1896, denying the…
1Opinion of the Court
Rumsey, J.:
The plaintiffs are engaged in importing into this country for sale raw materials to be used in the manufacture of woolen fabrics, and the defendants are-custom house brokers who for some years prior to October, 1890, had been employed by the plaintiffs to attend to the entering and passing of the plaintiffs’ goods through the custom house at this port, and the advancing and payment .for plaintiffs’' account of all' moneys necessary to pay the duties on such merchandise.
In the month of September, 1890, the plaintiffs had caused to be shipped to this port upon the steamer St. Fegulus…
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