Neumeyer v. Hooker
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, Horace B. Hooker and another, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Mew York on the 17th day of February, 1908, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 19th day of February, 1908, denying the defendants’ motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Ingraham, J.:
The action was brought to recover for goods sold and delivered. The answer was a general denial, and for a further and separate defense it was alleged that the plaintiffs were engaged in the westerly part of the State of Mew York in procuring orders for the sale of certain quantities of steel by fraud, trick and artifice; that pursuant to said occupation the agent of these plaintiffs called upon the defendants at their office in Rochester, and called upon many other contractors and business men of said city, and by fraud, trick and artifice procured signatures to what purported…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- People v. . BrooksNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
- MacGuire v. HughesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1908
3Cited by2 opinions
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