Friedlander v. New York Plate Glass Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by. the plaintiff, Joseph Friedlander, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office Of the clerk of the county of New York on the 22d day of June, 1898, upon the dismissal of the complaint by direction of the court after a trial at the .New York Trial Term, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 21st day of- June, 1898, denying the defendant’s motion to vacate and set aside said judgment
1Opinion of the Court
Patterson, J. :
From a judgment entered upon a dismissal of the complaint in an action brought upon a written guaranty this appeal is taken. On the 25th of February, 1896, the defendant, a corporation, delivered to the firm of Friedlander & Greene, of which the plaintiff was a member, a letter signed by the secretary of the defendant, in which it was stated that the defendant would guarantee, to the extent of $1,500, the payment of bills for glass that should be bought by one Edelman from the firm mentioned. It was shown- upon the trial that the letter of guaranty was lost, and its contents…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Smith v. . MollesonNew York Court of Appeals · 1896
- Penoyer v. WatsonNew York Supreme Court · 1819
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