Lawson v. Tyler
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Charles T. Tyler, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 17th day of May, 1904, adjudging the defendant in contempt of court for a failure to comply with an order theretofore entered in the above-entitled action by which he was directed to turn over certain specific articles of property to a receiver by said order appointed.
1Opinion of the Court
Hatch, J.:
The action is brought for the dissolution of a copartnership, and to compel the defendant to account for certain property claimed to have been appropriated by him in violation of such articles, and for damages claimed to have been sustained on account of the defendant’s breach of the agreement. The copartnership was formed for the purpose of compounding and selling veterinary medicine and supplies under the name of “ Dr. Tyler’s Chemical and Veterinary Supply Company.” A motion was made and granted for the appointment of a receiver of the partnership property. In the order the…
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