Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York February 6, 1920 (Strauss v. Erstein)

Smith, J.:

The question here for determination rests upon two contracts which are treated as one because of the relations of the parties. The first contract is contained in a letter from the defendants to the plaintiff of date November 25, 1914, the material part of which reads as follows:

“ Gentlemen.