Goldman v. . Rosenberg
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Court •of Common Pleas for the city and county of ¡New York, entered upon an order made June 9, 1886, which affirmed a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon the report of a referee. The nature of the action and the material facts are stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Court •of Common Pleas for the city and county of ¡New York, entered upon an order made June 9, 1886, which affirmed a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon the report of a referee. The nature of the action and the material facts are stated in the opinion. The intention of the parties is to be ascertained, not only from the words of the contract itself, but also from the circumstances surrounding and attending its execution. (Reed v. Ins. Co., 95 U. S. 23; United States v. Peck, 102 id. 64; Kennedy v. Porter, 109 N. Y. 526, 544; D., L. &…
1Opinion of the CourtHaight, J.
This action was brought for an accounting between copartners. On the 19th of November, 1887, the parties hereto entered into a written contract to form a copartnership to manufacture and sell varnishes and japans. The copartnership was to continue until the 31st of December., 1880. The plaintiff was to .put in $75,000 in cash, and the defendants their factory buildings and the grounds upon which the same were situated, which were to be contributed as a .part of their capital stock, at a valuation agreed upon of $15,000, at which sum they agreed, on the liquidation of the business, to take the…
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