Conant v. American Rubber Tire Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The American Rubber Tire Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Madison on the 17th day of December, 1898, upon the verdict of a jury rendered by direction of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Merwin, J.:. The defendant is a domestic corporation, organized in August, 1895, under the name of the “ Columbia Pneumatic Wagon Wheel Company.” In 1896 its name was duly changed to the “American Rubber Tire Company.” The plaintiffs are the successors in interest of Conant & Randall, who, in 1895, were doing business at Troy under the name of the Journal Publishing Company, and were publishing once a month the Carriage and Harness Dealers' Journal.
It is claimed by the plaintiffs that, on the 20th of September, 1895, a written contract was made between the Journal Publishing Company and the…
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