Johnson v. Alexander
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiffs, Russell Johnson and Roswell H. Johnson, composing the firm of Johnson Brothers, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants, Howard T. Alexander and others, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 8th day of June, 1899, upon the dismissal of the complaint, as to the said defendants, by direction of the court, after’ a trial before the court and a jury at the New York Trial Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Ingraham, J. :
The liability of the respondents depends upon the relation which they assumed to those dealing with them and largely upon the construction to be given to an agreement between them which contemplated the erection of a stand upon certain premises in the city of New York and the division of the profits arising from the use of the stand. The dedication of the monument to General Grant, which included a parade, having been arranged for April 27, 1897, the erection of stands from which to review' that procession had been a question largely discussed, and these defendants entered into…
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