New York Court of Appeals September 15, 1868 (Taylor v. Root)

Woodruff, J.

1. The agreement, set forth in the complaint herein as the foundation of the action, required the defendants to divide the net proceeds of the publication of the New York Register, etc., into five parts. Two of these parts the defendants were to retain to themselves, and one of the remaining three parts they were to pay to each of the plaintiffs.