Skenandoa Cotton Co. v. Lefferts
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from judgment on report of referee. Action by the Skenandoa Cotton Company against Mary E. Lefferts and others, for balance of account for yarn and merchandise sold and delivered by plaintiff to defendant prior to July 31, 1884. The answer alleged that on the 31st July, 1884, the claim of the plaintiff was fully paid and satisfied.
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Appeal from judgment on report of referee. Action by the Skenandoa Cotton Company against Mary E. Lefferts and others, for balance of account for yarn and merchandise sold and delivered by plaintiff to defendant prior to July 31, 1884. The answer alleged that on the 31st July, 1884, the claim of the plaintiff was fully paid and satisfied. From a judgment entered in Oneida county, June 22, 1889, upon the report of a referee, in favor of plaintiff, for $2,576.18 damages, besides costs, Mary E. Lefferts appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMerwin, J.
The plaintiff was engaged in the manufacture of yarn at Utica. The defendants were at Cohoes in the manufacture of knit! t-d *34underwear, and prior to July 30,1884, they had purchased of plaintiff a large quantity of yarn. It was conceded at the trial that on the 30th July, 1884, there was a balance due from defendants to plaintiff of $4,384.66. Knower, Haines & Cooley were commission merchants in New York city, and the parties to whom the goods of the defendants were consigned, and who handled and sold them, and they then had on hand a large quantity of defendants’ goods on consignment for…
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