Georgi v. Texas Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The Texas Company, 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 17th day of January, 1916, upon the verdict of a jury rendered by direction of the court, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 28th day of January, 1916, denying defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Page, J.:
The sole question in this case is whether the defendant, the Texas Company, can be held as an undisclosed principal of the American Oil Cloth Company in the business transacted with the plaintiff. The plaintiff brought an action against the American Oil Cloth Company, and prior to entering judgment the information was placed before them that the Texas Company was their undisclosed principal. Thereupon, the attorney for the plaintiff wrote to the Texas Company demanding payment and threatening to commence suit. Thereupon, the attorney for the Texas Company, to whom the letter had been…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Cobb v. . KnappNew York Court of Appeals · 1877
- First Nat. Bank v. WallisNew York Supreme Court · 1895
- Tew v. WolfsohnAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902
- Cherrington v. BurchellAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1911