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Reid v. President & Directors of the Rensselaer Glass Factory

New York Supreme Court

Decided October 15, 1824PublishedCited by 20 opinions

Assumpsit to recover the balance of an unsettled account. The declaration was for money paid, laid out and expended, and lent and advanced by the intestate for and to the use of the defendants, money had and received by the defendants for the use of the intestate, goods, wares and merchandizes ° sold and delivered, work, labor and services rendered, and materials furnished by the intestate for and to the defendants, for pay and salary as their agent, and on an account…

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Assumpsit to recover the balance of an unsettled account. The declaration was for money paid, laid out and expended, and lent and advanced by the intestate for and to the use of the defendants, money had and received by the defendants for the use of the intestate, goods, wares and merchandizes ° sold and delivered, work, labor and services rendered, and materials furnished by the intestate for and to the defendants, for pay and salary as their agent, and on an account stated, The defendants pleaded the general issue, with a notice of set off, of monies paid, laid out and expended, monies lent…

1Opinion of the CourtSutherland, J.

It is admitted, that on the 22c? of Marche 1822, when the report of the referees was made, the defendants were justly indebted to the plaintiff in the principal sum of $6882,91 ; and the only error complained of in the report of the referees, is in the interest allowed to the plaintiff. The principle upon which the interest is to be calculated, and the time to which, are the only questions for the determination of the Court»

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*420SCs. Points settled by English ca-. It Was justly remarked, at the bar, that there is no subject! in the whole range of the English law, ori which the author-^ ities…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Walden v. SherburneNew York Supreme Court · 1818
  2. Beals v. GuernseyNew York Supreme Court · 1811
  3. People v. GasherieNew York Supreme Court · 1812
  4. Gammell v. SkinnerU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1814
  5. Lessee of Dilworth v. SinderlingSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1808

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3Cited by20 opinions

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  4. Robinson v. . StewartNew York Court of Appeals · 1854
  5. Beardslee v. HortonMichigan Supreme Court · 1855

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