Rheims v. Bender
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Morris Bender, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Kings County Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 8th day of June, 1918, granting plaintiff an inspection and discovery of certain books and papers.
1Per curiam
Plaintiff, a former salesman of defendant’s firm, whose compensation was measured by his individual efforts, after complaint that a sum specified down to the cents is due to him, has obtained a broad and drastic order for inspection of the books and all other papers of his former employer from 1903 to 1917, “ concerning, regarding and referring to and connected with the employment of plaintiff by the defendant’s firm, the sale and delivery ” by him as made and concluded with the firm’s customers, showing profits, losses, etc.
We think that the order was not necessary. In effect it clothes the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Cohen v. RothschildAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1914
3Cited by2 opinions
- Bencoe v. McDonnellAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1924
- In re the Estate of SperryNew York Surrogate's Court · 1930