Legal Opinion
Robinson v. Gray
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Decided June 15, 1896Published
Appeal, by defendant from affirmance by- the General Term of the Oity Court of a judgment in favor of plaintiffs."
1Opinion of the CourtMcAdam, J.
In June, 1888, Henry V. Sloat made an oral con? tract with the defendant- for the building of a dock on Mott Haven canal. Being in need of lumber he applied to the' plaintiffs) lumber dealers, for the material necessary to construct, the dock. The.plaintiffs refused to 'furnish the material unless its payment was guaranteed by- the defendant. Thereupon Sloat drew the following order:- ■ .
“ Robert I. Gray, Esq.:
“ Deab Sib.— Please pay Robinson & Booth two hundred and .sixty dollars ($2,60) and charge same to my, account.
“ Yours truly, . '
“H. Y. Sloat.”
On the same day the plaintiffs, wrote the…
Also in this document: Concurrence.
2Cases cited5 opinions
- United States v. PeckSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Heine v. . MeyerNew York Court of Appeals · 1874
- Risley v. . SmithNew York Court of Appeals · 1876
- Home Bank v. . DrumgooleNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
- Mersereau v. VillariNew York Supreme Court · 1893