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Kabus v. Seftner

Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York

Decided April 15, 1901PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff, rendered in the Municipal Court of the city of Mew York, eleventh district, borough of Manhattan.

1Opinion of the CourtLeventritt, J.

The plaintiff sues to recover $200 paid by him as a tuition fee to the defendants, who conduct a school for the purpose, among others, of qualifying students to pass the examination of the Board of Regents of this State. The complaint alleges that in consideration of the payment of $200 the defendants agreed to give the plaintiff private instruction until he should receive the forty-eight academic counts necessary to pass the Regents’ examination; that the defendants entered upon the performance of the contract, but failed to continue their instruction, with the result that the plaintiff…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. People ex rel. O'Sullivan v. New York Law SchoolNew York Supreme Court · 1893
  2. Starr v. LiftchildNew York Supreme Court · 1863
  3. People ex rel. McHugh v. School OfficersNew York Supreme Court · 1864

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. International Text-Book Co. v. MartinNebraska Supreme Court · 1908
  2. Teeter v. Horner Military SchoolSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1914
  3. Brink v. LehmanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1922
  4. William v. SteinAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1917
  5. King v. American Academy of Dramatic ArtsCivil Court of the City of New York · 1980

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