Costet v. Jeantet
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, Edward E. Jeantet and another, as executors, etc., of Eugenie R. Jeantet, deceased, and Emile E. Jeantet, individually, from a judgment of the Supreme' Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 9th day of March, 1905, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 31st day of March, 1905, denying the defendants’ motion for a new trial made upon the…
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Appeal by the defendants, Edward E. Jeantet and another, as executors, etc., of Eugenie R. Jeantet, deceased, and Emile E. Jeantet, individually, from a judgment of the Supreme' Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 9th day of March, 1905, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 31st day of March, 1905, denying the defendants’ motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Patterson, J.:
This action was originally begun against Eugenie R. Jeantet and Emile E. Jeantet, as copartners. Mrs. Jeantet died and her' executors were substituted in her place as defendants. The plaintiff in his complaint alleged that Eugenie R. J eantet and her son Emile E. Jeantet were copartners; that on or about the 31st of August, 1900, he entered into an agreement in writing by which they agreed to employ him at a weekly salary of twenty-five dollars, and in addition thereto fifteen per cent of yearly profits realized on business conducted by Mrs. Jeantet and her son under the firm…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Jerome v. . Queen City Cycle Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1900
3Cited by2 opinions
- Macauley v. Press Publishing Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1915
- Corrigan v. E. M. P. Producing Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1917