Legal Opinion
Cohn v. Lionel Corp.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided April 4, 1968PublishedCited by 107 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBurke, J.
The sole issue presented by this appeal is whether—construing these pleadings in a light most favorable to plaintiff and accepting for the moment these allegations as true—plaintiff has set forth facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action. In our opinion, a cause of action, though inartful in its presentation, has been pleaded. Plaintiff, asserting that his actions were those of an agent performed at the request of his principal, is entitled to seek recovery from his principal to the extent that he has been damaged.
In the Spring of 1961, Martin B. Steinthal and Augustus J. Steinthal,…
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