Devine v. Melton
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Thomas F. Devine, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the respondent, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 14th day of April, 1915, dismissing the complaint upon the decision of the court after a trial at the New York Special Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
This is a suit in equity to have it decreed that the defendant Melton holds a judgment in trust for himself and the other parties to the action, and for the dissolution of a joint adventure agreement and for the division of the property after the payment of the debts.
The plaintiff alleged that on the 12th day of May, 1913, the parties agreed upon a joint adventure by which the defendant Melton was to enter into a contract with the firm of Havemeyers & Elder for wrecking a building at the corner of Kent avenue and North Third street, borough of Brooklyn, New York, and plaintiff…
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