Smith v. . Marvin
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from the Supreme Court. This was a suit in Chan, eery, commenced in 1843, for an accounting between the firms of the complainants’ intestates, under the names of Seymour & Wood, and Seymour, Forsyth & Co., and the defendants. The business of the complainants’ intestates was that of commission merchants.
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Appeal from the Supreme Court. This was a suit in Chan, eery, commenced in 1843, for an accounting between the firms of the complainants’ intestates, under the names of Seymour & Wood, and Seymour, Forsyth & Co., and the defendants. The business of the complainants’ intestates was that of commission merchants. They received wool and sheepskins from the defendants from 1838 until 1842, and made advances thereon and sold such wool and sheepskins (except some which were unsold at the time this suit was commenced) as commission merchants for the defendants; and they made statements, from time to…
1Opinion of the Court
[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.]
[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] The controlling point in the case is, whether the defendants were properly charged by the referee with the $8,574.66, advances the firm of Seymour Wood made upon the wool and sheepskins, under the agreement of February 18, 1840. By this agreement, Seymour Wood were to have a commission of five per cent for selling the wool and…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Condit v. . BaldwinNew York Court of Appeals · 1860
- Schroeppel v. CorningNew York Supreme Court · 1848
- Wheaton v. HibbardNew York Supreme Court · 1822
- Nourse v. Prime, Ward & SandsNew York Court of Chancery · 1823
- Marvin v. FesterNew York Supreme Court · 1832
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- Matthews v. . CoeNew York Court of Appeals · 1877
- In re the Transfer Tax on the Estate of De LamarAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1922
- Curtiss v. TellerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1913
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