Wheatland v. . Pryor
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department entered upon an order made May 15, 1891, which affirmed a judgment in favor of plaintiff, entered upon the report of a referee. This action was brought to recover a balance claimed to be due upon an account between the parties. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department entered upon an order made May 15, 1891, which affirmed a judgment in favor of plaintiff, entered upon the report of a referee. This action was brought to recover a balance claimed to be due upon an account between the parties. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The referee erred in refusing to deduct from the plaintiff’s claim the sum of $1,700 paid out of the firm assets, upon Wheatland’s draft on Prior for $1,700, dated June 11, 1889. (Debb v. Halsey, 16 Johns. 28; Rogers…
1Opinion of the Court
Earl, Ch. J.
Between October, 1887, and July, 1889, the plaintiff was a broker in Boston and the defendants were a firm of brokers doing business in the city of Hew York, and during that time the plaintiff and defendants had numerous and extensive dealings with each other. The plaintiff drew numerous drafts upon the defendants,- and they drew drafts upon him. The firm of the defendants was dissolved in the latter part of June, 1889, and the business dealings between the parties then ceased. The plaintiff thereafter, in July, commenced this action, claiming that upon the dealings between them…
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