Berg v. Rapid Motor Vehicle Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Minturn, J.

The plaintiff at the time of this investment wa^ a clerk in a hat store in Jersey City. He conceived the idea of entering into the business of conveying passengers for hire in a sight-seeing automobile in and about Asbury Park in this state, and, intending to form a company for the purpose, notified the defendant, which was a corporation engaged in the manufacture of automobiles at Pontiac, Michigan, that he was ready to do business. This resulted in a series of letters between the parties, including the sending of defendant’s catalogue for…