Swift v. Poole
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Anna M. Swift, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the respondent, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 19th day of May, 1915, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 16th day of June, 1915, denying plaintiff’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
This action was brought to recover the balance of the purchase price of a massage business, including lease, furniture, fixtures and good will, which plaintiff was conducting at No. 48 West Forty-ninth street, borough of Manhattan, New York, under the name Anglo-Danish Institute, and which she sold to the defendants on the 2d day of September, 1912. The agreed purchase price was $4,533, of which $1,000 was paid at the time of the sale and $900 subsequently. The answer contained denials with respect to the amounts paid; but after plaintiff testified it was conceded that the…
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