Tableporter v. Urist

Sullivan (Daniel V.), J.

This action is to recover $1,000 damages for breach of a written contract whereby the parties were to organize a corporation for the sale of beer and to share equally in its earnings. The action was tried before the court and a jury on November 13, 14 and 15, 1935. The trial was protracted and bitterly contested. After a comparatively short deliberation the jury returned a verdict for the defendant. Counsel for the plaintiff moved to set it aside upon the ground that it was against the weight of the evidence and contrary to the evidence and the law. There being a sharp…