Opinion

Weldon v. Brown

  • 84 A.D. 482
  • 82 N.Y.S. 1051
Court
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Filed
Jul 1, 1903
Status
Published
Author
Laughlin
On the bench
Ingraham, Laughlin
Cited by
7 cases
Authority
More cited than 23.5%

The opinion

Laughlin, J. (concurring):

I concur in the result upon the ground, however, that this is an action at law for compensation for services determinable by profits and not an action for an accounting. It is essential to show the amount of profits in order to determine the amount of the recovery, but such an account may be taken by the court and jury, or if that be impracticable on account of the number of items, then by a referee, and is. in.no sense an equitable accounting. (Smith v. Bodine, 74 N. Y. 30 ; Richardson v. Hughitt, 76 id. 55 ; Code Civ. Proc. §§ 1013, 1015; Parker v. Pullman & Co., 36 App. Div. 208 ; McCullough v. Pence, 85 Hun, 271 ; Wisner v. Consolidated Fruit Jar Co., 25 App. Div. 362 .)

Order reversed, with ten dollars costs and disbursements, and motion denied, with ten dollars costs.

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