New York Taxicab Co. v. Hawk & Wetherbee and William H. Seaich Co.

On October 22, 1907, the plaintiff, which is engaged in the business of operating motor cabs in the city of Hew York, and the defendant Hawk & Wetherbee, a corporation which conducts the Hotel Manhattan in that city, entered into a written contract by which the hotel company gave to the plaintiff, so far as it could do so, “ the exclusive right, license and privilege, for a period of five years from Hovember, 1907, to maintain, conduct and operate a motor cab service station, to be known as The Hotel Manhattan Station, in the streets adjacent to the Hotel Manhattan, as a day and night stand…