Ernst v. Cary Safe Co.
New York Supreme Court
Motion by plaintiff for a new trial after the direction by the court of a verdict for the defendant at the close of all the evidence.
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, J.
The plaintiffs are a firm conducting the business of professional accountants, having offices in various cities of the country, and among others, an office in the city of Buffalo in charge of a local manager.
The defendant is a manufacturing corporation carrying on its business in the city of Buffalo. Mr. R. B. Hamilton, prior to his death, was the president of that company. He resided at St. Catherines, Ont., occasionally visited Buffalo, presided at meetings of the board of directors of the corporation, and presumably gave his counsel and advice as to the policy and management of its…
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