Cullen v. Battle Island Paper Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal "by the defendant, the Battle Island Paper Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the cleric of the county of Oswego on the 16th day of May, 1907, upon, the verdict of a jury, and also* from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 20th day of May, 1907,' denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial, made upon the minutes.
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Appeal "by the defendant, the Battle Island Paper Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the cleric of the county of Oswego on the 16th day of May, 1907, upon, the verdict of a jury, and also* from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 20th day of May, 1907,' denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial, made upon the minutes. The action was commenced on the 20th day of June,1904, to. recover, as appears by the complaint, the value of the use of certain plans and specifications alleged to have been loaned by the plaintiff…
1Opinion of the Court
McLennan, P. J.:
In July, 1901, Thomas Hunter, H. Lester Paddock, James C. Hunter, George C. Webb and Carrie E. Wells determined to erect a sulphite pulp mill at Fulton, N. Y., and such persons were incorporated for such purpose. It appears that immediately before or *371after such incorporation some, or one- of them, wrote to the plaintiff looking to his employment as manager-of the sulphite mill about to be erected and that as a result of such negotiations plaintiff was employed, as appears by the written correspondence, át a salary of $1,000 per year, for three years commencing September 1,…
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