Astoria Veneer Mills v. Looschen
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court, New York county. Action by the Astoria Veneer Mills against John W. Looschen to recover the sum of $270.83 for goods alleged to have been sold by plaintiff to defendant, and also the sum of $336, the aggregate amount of two notes alleged to have been made by defendant, together with interest from the date of the alleged sale and from the time of the alleged making of the notes.
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Appeal from circuit court, New York county. Action by the Astoria Veneer Mills against John W. Looschen to recover the sum of $270.83 for goods alleged to have been sold by plaintiff to defendant, and also the sum of $336, the aggregate amount of two notes alleged to have been made by defendant, together with interest from the date of the alleged sale and from the time of the alleged making of the notes. From a judgment entered on a verdict directed by the court in favor of plaintiff, defendant
1Opinion of the CourtParker, J.
The court directed a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $633.37. The defendant insists that, as to $288.64 of such *754amount, there was a question for the jury, and our examination of the evidence leads us to-agree with him. For a number of years' prior to the transaction in dispute, the defendant, who was a piano case manufacturer, had been accustomed to purchase wood of the plaintiff suitable for his business. Such purchases were made through Jared J. Looschen, who had general charge of the business of this defendant. In the early part of September, 1892, Jared J. Looschen called at the…
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