Tanenbaum v. Levy
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, Abraham Levy and others, 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 18th day of November, 1902, 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 17th day of November, 1902, denying the defendants’ motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
O’Brien, J.:
This is an action to recover damages for breach of a written agreement made in February, 1898, between the firm of I. Tanenbaum Sons & Co., insurance brokers, then composed of plaintiff and Samuel L. Bear, and the defendants, who were doing business under the firm name of A. & M. Levy. Shortly after the contract was made, Bear retired from the firm, assigning all his rights to the plaintiff. The agreement in form was similar to that involved in Tanenbaum v. Greenwald (67 App. Div. 473) and the frequency with which these contracts made by the firm of I. Tanenbaum Sons & Co. with…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Tanenbaum v. GreenwaldAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902
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