New York Supreme Court February 15, 1899 (Neuman v. National Shoe & Leather Exchange)

lead-opinion

Leventritt, J.

The plaintiff in this action placed a claim for collection in the New York office of the defendant, a Massachusetts corporation, doing business as a general collection agency. The managers of the New York office, Eddy and Jones, delivered to plaintiff a receipt, the effect of which is the crucial question involved.