Morton v. Lederer
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal from Municipal Court, Borough of Manhattan, Sixth District. Action by Henry B. Morton against Adele R. Lederer and others. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendants appeal. Reversed.
1Opinion of the CourtGildersleeve, J.
The plaintiff sues, on an assigned claim, for services alleged to have been rendered by his assignor as a detective. The justice gave judgment for plaintiff. The defendants offered no evidence. They, however, made a motion to amend the answer by setting up, as an additional defense, an allegation that at the times mentioned in the complaint the plaintiff’s assignor was not licensed, under the laws of the state of New York, to perform the work specified in the complaint, and was prohibited by the statutes of the state of New York from' performing any such work as investigator or detective, and…
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