Black v. Dudley
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, John L. Dudley and others, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Monroe on the 24th day of January, 1901, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 23d day of January, 1901, denying the defendants’ motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the CourtHiscook, J.
We conclude that the judgment and order appealed from must be reversed on account of the insufficiency of the evidence offered upon the subject of damages.
Upon and for some time prior to May 11, 1898, the plaintiffs, in the city of Rochester, UST. Y., were wholesale manufacturers of and dealers in ready-made clothing, and the defendants, in the city of ¡New York, were commission merchants, marketing cloths used for the making of such clothing. Upon May 11, 1898, the defendants wrote to the plaintiffs a letter, of which the following is a copy :
“ Messrs. Black & Meter,
“ Rochester, ¡N". Y.:
“…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Wait v. . BorneNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
3Cited by2 opinions
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- Bodger v. HillsAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1908