Cohen v. Bachrach
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal by the plaintiffs from a judgment of the City Court of the city of Yew York entered in favor of the defendant by direction of the court, and also from an order denying plaintiffs’ motion for a new trial.
1Opinion of the CourtGildersleeve, J.
The action is brought to recover the sum of $400. Plaintiffs had a contract with one Pollack and one Goodman to do certain work on a building. Pollack and Goodman got into financial troubles, and defendant, according to plaintiffs’ claim, promised that he would pay to plaintiffs all money due or to become due under their contract with said Pollack and Goodman, if plaintiffs would complete their work to be done under contract, and plaintiffs claim that they did complete and earned the $400 which they seek to recover. Defendant puts in issue the claim of the plaintiffs, and sets up the defense…
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