Ellis v. Block
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract, against Louis T. Block, Joseph E. Block, Samuel Block and Edward J. Mack, copartners doing business at Cincinnati in the State of Ohio under the firm name Elias Block and Sons, with five counts, the first for an alleged breach of contract more particularly stated in the fourth count substituted by amendment, the second for alleged services in collecting accounts for the defendants, the third and fifth on accounts annexed, and the fourth alleging a breach of a…
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Contract, against Louis T. Block, Joseph E. Block, Samuel Block and Edward J. Mack, copartners doing business at Cincinnati in the State of Ohio under the firm name Elias Block and Sons, with five counts, the first for an alleged breach of contract more particularly stated in the fourth count substituted by amendment, the second for alleged services in collecting accounts for the defendants, the third and fifth on accounts annexed, and the fourth alleging a breach of a contract, by which the defendants, the owners and operators of a distillery in Kentucky, called the Darling Distillery,…
1Opinion of the CourtLoring, J.
We are of opinion that there' was a mistrial in this case.
The plaintiff testified that at an interview in Boston between himself and the defendant Louis T. Block, had in June, 1896, Block offered on behalf of the defendant firm to pay him $50,000, in addition to the compensation he was entitled to as their agent in New England, if he would remain with them as their agent until the outstanding accounts were collected, and place so much of the capital stock of a corporation with a capital of $500,000, which he agreed should be formed to take over the defendants’ Darling Distillery; that the…
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