Ellicott v. Archibald McNeil & Sons Co.

Smith, J.:

The corporation first named as defendant is a Connecticut corporation. The corporation second named is a New York corporation organized under nearly the same name. In 1913 the Connecticut corporation was engaged in the business of buying, selling and shipping coal, with an office in New York city. From July, 1913, to July, 1922, the plaintiff rendered certain services in connection with the buying and selling of coal, the agreed compensation being one-half the gross profits realized upon the coal handled by the plaintiff. In 1920 the New York corporation was organized with a name…