Case Name: Irving Alsberg, Respondent, v. George M. Newgent et al., Appellants
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1916-12-28
Citations: 219 N.Y. 663
Docket Number: 
Parties: Irving Alsberg, Respondent, v. George M. Newgent et al., Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 219
Pages: 663–664

Head Matter:
Irving Alsberg, Respondent, v. George M. Newgent et al., Appellants.
Alsberg v. Newgent, 169 App. Div. 936, affirmed.
(Argued December 5, 1916;
decided December 28, 1916.)
Appeal from a judgment, entered July .21, 1915, upon an order of the Appellate Division .of the Supreme Court. in the first judicial department affirming an interlocutory judgment in favor of plaintiff entered.upon a decision of, the court on trial at Special Term in an action brought: for a .dissolution of the partnership, between the plaintiff and defendants,' and for an accounting in respect of the. partnership business. upon the ground that the business had sustained a loss of a substantial part of. its capital, and to continue the business would result in a greater loss and probably in the loss of the entire capital; that the defendants had after demand failed to contribute-their share of such losses, and that the business could no longer be carried on at a profit. The defendants, in addition to denying these allegations of the complaint, interposed a counterclaim alleging .that plaintiff had excluded defendants from possession of partnership books and assets, and had, by the commencement of this action, committed a breach of the partnership' agreement.
George H. D. Foster for appellants.
Isaac N. Jacobson for respondent.

Opinion:
Judgment affirmed, with costs; no opinion.
Concur: Willard Bartlett, Oh. J., Hiscock, Chase, Collin, Cuddebaok, Hogan and Pound, JJ. .