August v. Collins

The action is at law on an appeal bond in a summary proceeding. Defendants had judgment on trial before the court without a jury.

In 1923 plaintiffs sold a piece of real estate on contract to defendant Collins. In about a month Collins assigned his vendee’s interest to Barnard Toy Company. The latter refused to make payments until Collins should be released from liability and plaintiffs produce a copy of the contract under which they held. Collins, under instructions and direction of Louis Cohane, vice-president and secretary of the Barnard Toy Company, represented the company in the…