Case Name: Keystone Cooperative Grape Association, Respondent, v. Kenneth S. Perdue, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1943-01-27
Citations: 265 A.D. 1035
Docket Number: 
Parties: Keystone Cooperative Grape Association, Respondent, v. Kenneth S. Perdue, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 265
Pages: 1035–1036

Head Matter:
Keystone Cooperative Grape Association, Respondent, v. Kenneth S. Perdue, Appellant.

Opinion:
Memorandum: This action was not brought on the theory of an account stated. (Schutz v. Morette, 146 N. Y. 137,141; Bodkinson v. Haecker, 248 N. Y. 480,484,485.) The learnei official referee, in effect, erroneously treated the action as one for an account stated. The evidence indicates that no account was ever stated between the parties. It was also reversible error to refuse the defendant a reasonable adjournment to enable him to meet the claim as to settlement of accounts advanced by the plaintiff for the first time at the trial and to enable the defendant to offer evidence in support of his defenses and counterclaim. All concur. (The judgment is for plaintiff in an action on promissory notes.) Present — Cunningham, Taylor, Dowling, Harris and McCurn, JJ.