Childs v. Comstock
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, Albert Comstock and Everit Brown, composing the firm of Comstock & Brown, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 30th day'of April, 1900, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 1st day of May, 1900, denying the defendants’ motion for a new; trial made upon the minutes."
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
This is an action for damages caused by the failure of the defend ants as" attorneys to appeal from a decision made by the United-States board of. appraisers ' within the time allowed by law. ■
In the years 1895 and 1896 the firm of which plaintiff is. the-surviving partner was doing business under the firm name of “ Mica Boofing Company,” and in connection with its business of distilling coal tar- it made certain importations of “ dead oil ” or “ coal tar product.” The collector of the. port of New York held that’these importations were “ distilled oils ” within the meaning of…
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