Amory v. Washington Steamboat Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The Washington Steamboat Company, Limited, 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 10th day of December, 1906, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 11th day of December, 1906, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes, with notice of an intention to bring up for review upon such…
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Appeal by the defendant, The Washington Steamboat Company, Limited, 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 10th day of December, 1906, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 11th day of December, 1906, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes, with notice of an intention to bring up for review upon such appeal an order entered on the 6th day of December, 1906, purporting to correct the sealed verdict rendered by the jury.
1Opinion of the Court
Ingraham, J.:
The agreement as, alleged in the complaint was that two steamboats, the j>roperty of the defendant, should be placed in plaintiff’s hands to sell for defendant, and that-if the plaintiff was- successful in finding a purchaser willing-and able to buy the said steamboats the-plaintiff was to look for his commission from said purchaser and not from the defendant; “ provided, however, that if the defendant, The Washington Steamboat Company, -Limited," effected any sale of the said properties with a purchaser procured by plaintiff, except through and by the consent of the plaintiff,…
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