Lee v. Washburn
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal from Trial Term, Kings County. Action by Thomas F. Fitzhugh Lee against Cyrus V. Washburn and another. From an interlocutory judgment in favor of plaintiff, defendants appeal. Reversed.
1Opinion of the CourtWoodward, J.
The complaint in this action alleges that the
plaintiff entered into the employment of the defendants under the terms of a written agreement on or about the 1st day of January, 1900, and that between that date and the 1st day of June, 1901, he procured much valuable business and litigation, and rendered much valuable service and labor for the defendants herein, from which has accrued a large amount of net profits, now in the hands of the defendants, and there is now due and owing this plaintiff from the defendants a large amount of money under the agreement to divide the net profits, entered…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Marvin v. . BrooksNew York Court of Appeals · 1883
- Uhlman v. . New York Life Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1888
- Parker v. John Pullman & Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
- Brummer v. CohenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900
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- Hart v. L. D. Garrett Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903