Campbell Printing Press & Manuf'g Co. v. Yorkston
New York Court of Common Pleas
Appeal from city court, general term. Action by Campbell Printing Press & Manufacturing Company against Robert P. Yorkston. From a judgment of the city court (30 N. Y. Supp. 1130), affirming a judgment rendered on the verdict in favor of defendant, and an order denying a motion for a new trial, plaintiff appeals. Reversed.
1Opinion of the CourtBookstaver, J.
This action was brought on a promissory note for $65.10, dated August 23,1889, payable one month after date. Defendant admitted his liability upon the note, but set up a counterclaim for commissions upon the sale of five printing presses made between July, 1889, and March, 1890. From the evidence it ap*264peared that the defendant had been in plaintiff’s employ as a salesman in its western office, prior to 1884, upon a commission of 10 per cent., by special contract, on all presses sold in the West. He left plaintiff’s employment in 1884, under an agreement, for a consideration of $4,500, that he…
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