Bashford
Bashford v. A. Levy & J. Zentner Co.
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Marks, J.
J.—Plaintiff instituted this action to recover damages for an alleged breach of a written contract. The case was tried before a jury, which returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the sum of $6,632.38. Defendant is here on appeal from the judgment which was entered upon this verdict.
The record is a large one and many grounds are presented upon which it is urged that the judgment must be reversed. A number of them depend upon an asserted partnership which defendant maintains existed between the cross-defendants during all times material to this action. Our task in deciding this case can be shortened by our first considering this question of partnership as we have concluded that the pleadings do not present any issue of such a relation existing between the cross-defendants and, therefore, that the trial court committed no error in excluding evidence of its existence and damages which defendant asserted it suffered by actions of Sawyer, one of the supposed partners.
On May 3, 1929, plaintiff and defendant entered into a written contract, the material parts of which are as follows: “Memorandum of agreement made and entered into 3rd day of May, 1929, by and between A. Levy &…