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Nicholls v. Granger

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided July 1, 1896PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Appeal by the defendant, John G. Granger, from a judgment of the''Court of Common Pleas for the city and county of New York in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of said court on the' 27th day of March, 1895, upon the report of a referee, except so much of said judgment as decrees that the co-partnership heretofore existing between the parties under the name of Nicholls & Granger be dissolved, and except so much of said judgment as awards to the…

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Appeal by the defendant, John G. Granger, from a judgment of the''Court of Common Pleas for the city and county of New York in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of said court on the' 27th day of March, 1895, upon the report of a referee, except so much of said judgment as decrees that the co-partnership heretofore existing between the parties under the name of Nicholls & Granger be dissolved, and except so much of said judgment as awards to the parties their costs and disbursements and directs, the payment thereof. The agreement sought to be enforced contained, among…

1Opinion of the Court

Van Brunt, P. J.:

This action was brought for the purpose of dissolving the co-partnership between the plaintiff and the defendant, the sale of .the co-partnership assets, an accounting, and the appointment of a receiver.

The defendant, in his answer to the complaint, set up that the plaintiff and defendant had on the 10th of August, 1894, entered *115into an agreement for the dissolution of the firm and the sale of its good will and assets to the defendant at an agreed price to be ascertained as therein provided, and demanded an accounting of the co-partnership affairs, and that a referee be…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Sanders v. Pottlitzer Bros. Fruit Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1894

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Brause v. GoldmanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1960
  2. Emerman v. BaldwinSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1958
  3. Onyx Oils & Resins, Inc. v. MossSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
  4. Arnold v. R. Rothschild's Sons Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
  5. McIntosh v. MinerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899

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