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Contracts · MBE-tested
Hugh J. Begley, Appellant, v. Louis Weddigen et al., Copartners under the Firm Name of Louis Weddigen & Company, Respondents
179 N.Y. 542·New York Court of Appeals·1904·NY
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Opinion
Hugh J. Begley, Appellant, v. Louis Weddigen et al., Copartners under the Firm Name of Louis Weddigen & Company, Respondents.
Begley v. Weddigen, 86 App. Piv. 629, affirmed.
(Argued June 8, 1904;
decided August 5, 1904.)
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered August 5, 1903, affirming a judgment in favor of defendants entered upon a dismissal of the complaint by the court at a Tidal Term.
Herbert T. Ketcham and Joseph H. Owens for appellant.
Alexander HUmenstiel for respondents.
[MAJORITY]
Judgment affirmed, with costs, on the ground that the contract is indefinite and does not cover the claims in suit; no opinion.
Concur: Parker, Ch. J., Bartlett, Martin, Yann, Cullen and Werner, JJ. Absent: ITaight, J.