Powers v. Schlicht Heat, Light & Power Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The Schlicht Heat, Light and Power Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor oij, the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Hew York on the 16th day of April, 1891, upon, the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon, the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Ingraham, J.:
The only question • presented upon this appeal arises from an exception taken by the defendant to the refusal of the court to *381admit in evidence the by-laws of the defendant corporation. The action was brought to recover for services rendered by the plaintiff to the defendant. The evidence tended to show that the plaintiff was employed by the president of the defendant to render services, to the company, and that he rendered such services and sought to-recover the reasonable value therefor. The defendant’s counsel offered in evidence the defendant’s certificate of incorporation,,…
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