Carns v. Bassick
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Edgar W. Bassick, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 28th day of January, 1919, overruling his demurrers to six causes of action set up in the complaint. The demurrers challenged the complaint upon the ground that.the pleadings in the several causes of action failed to state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action.
1Opinion of the Court
Shearn, J.:
The first cause of action is plainly one to recover damages for breach of contract. Ib is alleged that the defendant brokers, who were employed by a corporation engaged in the manufacture of munitions of war to negotiate in its behalf contracts and orders with foreign governments, employed the plaintiffs to negotiate and procure an order or orders from the French government for large quantities of picric acid at specified prices, the minimum being $1.60 per pound, and agreed to pay the plaintiffs for their services an amount equal to the difference between said minimum price and…
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