Souveran Fabrics Corp. v. Virginia Fibre Corp.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Supreme Court, New York County, entered on June 9, 1971, dismissing .the amended complaint, affirmed. Respondent shall recover of appellant $50 costs and disbursements of this appeal. To Special Term’s well-reasoned opinion we would add that the record clearly discloses that the plaintiff seeks recovery under an alleged contract which left plaintiff free to forebear from placing any order for fabrics but sought to forever bind the defendant not to make the same fabric for anyone else. Consequently, mutuality of obligation is lacking and the contract is unenforceable. (See Van Slyke…
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