Cyrus v. Portman
New York Marine Court
The plaintiffs sued the defendant to recover $235.50, a balance claimed to be due upon account stated. The complaint alleged that the plaintiffs rendered services. to the defendant at his request, in and about the procuring and carrying of contracts for the sale and also for the purchase of cotton, to be delivered at a future time for his account upon margin, and that the plaintiffs at like request paid, laid out, and expended moneys upon certain of said transactions, and…
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The plaintiffs sued the defendant to recover $235.50, a balance claimed to be due upon account stated. The complaint alleged that the plaintiffs rendered services. to the defendant at his request, in and about the procuring and carrying of contracts for the sale and also for the purchase of cotton, to be delivered at a future time for his account upon margin, and that the plaintiffs at like request paid, laid out, and expended moneys upon certain of said transactions, and that the -defendant agreed to allow the plaintiffs a commission thereon. The defendant pleaded that the transactions were…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE MOADAM’S CHARGE'.
It appears that the plaintiffs and defendant in this action had various dealings together between August 8, . 1877, and December 4, 1877, in the course of which the plaintiffs rendered services for the defendant in and -about the procuring and carrying of contracts, for the sale, and also for the purchase of cotton to be delivered at a future time for his account upon margin put up by him, and that at his request, and for his account, and in pursuance of their employment, they paid out money for which the defendant agreed to allow . and pay the plaintiff a commission…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Harris v. . WhiteNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
- Hull v. . RugglesNew York Court of Appeals · 1874
- Bigelow v. . BenedictNew York Court of Appeals · 1877
- Harris v. . TumbridgeNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
- Story v. . SalomonNew York Court of Appeals · 1877
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