Hobart v. Lubarsky

There was a mistrial in this cause. The case was in substance as follows: Naisawald and Son of New York were molasses brokers and the defendants Kaplan and Lubarsky dealt in molasses under the firm name of the Sugar Products Company. There was evidence that in April, 1909, Kaplan on behalf of the Sugar Products Company employed Naisawald to find a purchaser for some six thousand barrels of Porto Rico molasses, “known by the sample of ‘Blue M grade,’” of which he gave Naisawald a sample.. Pursuant to this Naisawald brought the molasses to the plaintiffs’ attention and they finally offered to…