Legal Opinion
General Aniline & Film Corp. v. Bayer Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 14, 1953PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFuld, J.
In this action, for breach of contract and for money had and received, a certified question calls upon us to consider the legal sufficiency of two separate and affirmative defenses.
According to the complaint, defendant Bayer 1 in 1923 entered into a written agreement — termed an ‘ ‘ international cartel arrangement ” (per Hecht, J., 188 Misc. 929, 930) — with a German corporation, Farbenfabriken Vorm. Friedr. Bayer & Company of Leverkusen. 2 The parties agreed to divide the markets throughout the world, specifying the countries in which each was to have the exclusive right to sell its…
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