Dickerson v. . Rogers
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from order of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, made February 9, 1886, which reversed a judgment in favor of plaintiff, entered upon the report of a referee and granted a new trial. This action was brought against defendant, a married woman, to recover a balance claimed to be due for meat alleged to have been sold to her. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from order of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, made February 9, 1886, which reversed a judgment in favor of plaintiff, entered upon the report of a referee and granted a new trial. This action was brought against defendant, a married woman, to recover a balance claimed to be due for meat alleged to have been sold to her. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion. If the defendant was carrying on the business at the hotel or hoarding-house “ on her sole and separate account,” she was liable for the meat furnished by the plaintiff. (Laws of…
1Opinion of the CourtParker, J.
The referee before whom the case under consideration was tried, found, in substance, as matters of fact, that the defendant was a married woman; that between April, 1878, and April, 1880, she was the owner of a valuable hotel property, which she carried on on her sole and separate account, .and that between those dates the plaintiff sold and delivered to her a large quantity of meat, on account of which there remained unpaid the sum of $1,486.87, besides interest. The referee thereupon directed judgment in favor of the plaintiff for such balance and interest.
The judgment entered upon such…
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