New York Supreme Court, 1892

Beaudrias v. Curtiss

Beaudrias v. Curtiss
New York Supreme Court · Decided February 8, 1892 · Barnard
17 N.Y.S. 708; 44 N.Y. St. Rep. 478; 63 Hun 628; 1892 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 468 (New York Supplement)

Counsel

John F. Brennan, for appellant. Palmer & Boothby, for respondent.

Beaudrias v. Curtiss

Opinion of the Court

Barnard; P. J.

The exact interest which Bent, plaintiff’s assignor, had in the business of the aluminum plating is not decisive, or even material. Assuming a partnership, Curtiss had sold the business to his mother before the notes in question, except the $100, were given. The notes were given *709ostensibly to buy out Bent’s share in the business; and, while the defendant inserted in the letter inclosing the notes that they were to be payable “as soon as I can get a partner who has sufficient means to place the business on a sound footing, ” the words were idle. The business had been sold before the letter was written, and by means of the letter and the notes a good title was made to the business in the defendant’s mother. Defendant alone signed the bill of sale to her. It would be a very inequitable result if by this clause in the letter the defendant could get a title to the property which he had wrongfully sold, and pay Bent nothing. The judgment should be reversed, and a new trial granted, costs to abide event. All concur..

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