Bristol v. Mente
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, Eugene W. Mente and another, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 26th day of February, 1902, upon the verdict of a jury for $2,549.12, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 26th day of February, 1902, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Goodrich, P. J.:
The defendants composed the firm of Mente & Co. of New Orleans. In December, 1899, the firm purchased of the United States government a large lot of linen bags which had been damaged at the Brooklyn Navy Yard by fire and acids. The defendants stored them at the warehouse of Pell & Pickford, on Warren street, New York city. In February, 1900, the defendants advertised the bags for sale, and Mr.' Campion, a broker, called upon E. W. Mente, one of the defendants, at the Astor House, and asked for a sample of the goods, and was told by him that he could go to Pell & Pickford’s and…
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