Legal Opinion

Page v. Ellsworth

New York Supreme Court

Decided October 4, 1865PublishedCited by 4 opinions

THIS action was brought to recover for four years’ rent of a store situate in Canton, St. Lawrence county, leased by the plaintiff to the defendants; and for goods sold and delivered to, and work and labor done by the plaintiff for the defendants. Ellsworth alone answered: 1st. Denying the complaint. 2d.

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THIS action was brought to recover for four years’ rent of a store situate in Canton, St. Lawrence county, leased by the plaintiff to the defendants; and for goods sold and delivered to, and work and labor done by the plaintiff for the defendants. Ellsworth alone answered: 1st. Denying the complaint. 2d. Alleging payment of the plaintiff, by goods sold and delivered by the defendants to the plaintiff, and by goods sold and delivered to the plaintiff, by Ellsworth & Oakley, and by Ellsworth alone. 3d. Counter-claim, of goods sold and delivered to the plaintiff by the defendants, and by…

1Opinion of the Court

By the Court, Bockes, J.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered upon the report of a referee.

The ■action was brought to recover from the defendants for four years’ rent of a store, at the yearly rent of $250, commencing April 20, 1858, and also for an account for goods sold to, and work done for, the defendants. The leading facts of the case as proved and found by the referee are these: On the 20th of April, 1858, the parties entered into a written lease, whereby the plaintiff let to the defendants, as partners, the store and premises, for the term of two years from that date, at the yearly…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Forrest v. . ForrestNew York Court of Appeals · 1862
  2. Crary v. SpragueNew York Supreme Court · 1834
  3. Smith v. NiverNew York Supreme Court · 1848
  4. Barton v. City of SyracuseNew York Supreme Court · 1861
  5. Huntington v. ConkeyNew York Supreme Court · 1860

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. The People v. . GonzalezNew York Court of Appeals · 1866
  2. Ballou v. CartonNew York Supreme Court · 1889
  3. Fallis v. GrayMissouri Court of Appeals · 1905
  4. People v. BurnsNew York Supreme Court · 1884

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