62 N.Y.S. 305 | N.Y. Sup. Ct. | 1900
The motion is to vacate an attachment. The plaintiffs are residents of this city and the defendant is a foreign corporation. The -parties entered into a contract by which plaintiffs were to sell defendant’s condensed milk on an agreed commission. The plaintiffs were to be sole agents for the' sale of the entire product of condensed milk of the defendant. The plaintiffs were to devote their whole time and best endeavors to the interest of the business. The plaintiffs were also to dispose of the entire output of defendant’s condensed milk, and as long as they did so dispose of the same or were ready and willing to dispose of the same, they were to have exclusive control and right to sell the same. It was also stipulated that, should defendant desire to abandon the production of condensed milk during the period of the contract, defendant was to give plaintiffs one month’s notice. This contract was made on June 20, 1899, and was to go into ■ effect on July third, and continue for five years from that date. The complaint alleges that plaintiffs built up a large business for the sale of defendant’s said condensed milk, and that about October 1, 1899, they had earned in unpaid commissions about' $2,500, and that the orders at that time were such that plaintiffs’ commissions were amounting to at least $400 per week. The complaint further alleges as follows, viz.: “Had this defendant honestly and faithfully supplied the orders which these plaintiffs furnished to it, with the character and kind of
Ordered accordingly.