Snyder v. Seaman
Decision Date | 10 January 1899 |
Citation | 52 N.E. 658,157 N.Y. 449 |
Parties | SNYDER v. SEAMAN. |
Court | New York Court of Appeals Court of Appeals |
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Appeal from supreme court, appellate division, First department.
Action by James H. Snyder against Lloyd I. Seaman. From a judgment of the appellate division (37 N. Y. Supp. 696) reversing a judgment for plaintiff and dismissing his complaint, he appeals. Reversed.
Herbert M. Lloyd, for appellant.
John W. Weed, for respondent.
This action was brought for an accounting. On the 1st day of May, 1885, the plaintiff and defendant entered into written articles of co-partnership for the purpose of dealing in butter, cheese, and produce, as commission merchants, which continued until the 30th day of April, 1892. At the time of the dissolution of the co-partnership a dispute arose over the personal taxes assessed against the defendant in the city of New York for the years 1885 to 1891, inclusive, which had been paid out of the co-partnership funds, and charged to store expenses. There were other matters about which the parties differed, but they were finally adjusted, so that this action was prosecuted solely for the purpose of adjusting their differences with reference to the taxes. Upon the trial the referee found that the personal taxes assessed against the defendant for the years named were paid by the firm's money, and charged on the books to store expenses, and that he was of the opinion, as he states in his decision, For the reasons stated, he ordered judgment in favor of the plaintiff for the sum of $576.75. Upon an appeal to the appellate division the judgment was reversed, and the complaint dismissed, with costs. The judgment, after containing the usual recital, is as follows: etc.
The respondent claims that this is a reversal upon the facts, and that, consequently, we have no power...
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