Tucker v. Woolsey
New York Supreme Court
APPEAL, by the plaintiffs, from a judgment entered upon the report of a referee, dismissing the complaint. The action was brought to recover the balance of an account, amounting to $2,588. The answer was a general denial, and setup a counter-claim, amounting to $1,714.52. It appeared, from the referee’s finding of facts, that the plaintiffs were bankers in Paris, and the defendants bankers and commission merchants, in New York.
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APPEAL, by the plaintiffs, from a judgment entered upon the report of a referee, dismissing the complaint. The action was brought to recover the balance of an account, amounting to $2,588. The answer was a general denial, and setup a counter-claim, amounting to $1,714.52. It appeared, from the referee’s finding of facts, that the plaintiffs were bankers in Paris, and the defendants bankers and commission merchants, in New York. That the plaintiffs filled orders, given by the defendants, for merchandise, and sent to the defendants merchandise for sale, and mercantile papers for collection; and…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Ingraham, P. J.
The appeal in this case is from a judgment entered upon the report of a referee, and applies to some items of an account, which must be separately considered.
The plaintiffs were merchants in Paris, and had accounts and dealings with the defendants, in Hew York. They sent an agent to Hew York to look for orders in their business. They sent with him seven large trunks filled with goods, and gave him a letter of introduction the defendants, asking for him their kind services as regarded advice. Another letter was afterwards sent, saying to the defendants, “ any…
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