Brown v. Retsof Mining Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the Retsof Mining Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor 'of the plaintiff Edward W. Brown, as surviving partner of the firm of Brown & Shaw (the plaintiff James W. Shaw having died after the action was begun), entbred in the office of the clerk of the county of Richmond on the 29th day of October, 1907, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office' on the 30th day of October, 1907, denying the…
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Appeal by the defendant, the Retsof Mining Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor 'of the plaintiff Edward W. Brown, as surviving partner of the firm of Brown & Shaw (the plaintiff James W. Shaw having died after the action was begun), entbred in the office of the clerk of the county of Richmond on the 29th day of October, 1907, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office' on the 30th day of October, 1907, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes. ’
1Opinion of the Court
Hooker, J.:
The plaintiffs, copartners, have had a judgment in this action for damages for a breach of a contract- of employment. The defendant was a miner and manufacturer of salt and the plaintiffs sold it. On May 23,. 1899, the parties entered into a contract by the terms *369of which the plaintiffs agreed to act as sole selling agent for the defendant within certain specified territory. After defining the obligations and the rights of the parties to the contract, it provided : “ This contract shall continue until June 30th, 1900, unless a change in the firm of Brown & Shaw shall occur by which…
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