Case Name: Henry L. Sprague, Appellant, v. William S. Webb et al., Respondents
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1919-01-28
Citations: 225 N.Y. 685
Docket Number: 
Parties: Henry L. Sprague, Appellant, v. William S. Webb et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 225
Pages: 685–685

Head Matter:
Henry L. Sprague, Appellant, v. William S. Webb et al., Respondents.
Sprague v. Webb, 168 App. Div. 292, affirmed.
(Argued January 14, 1919;
decided January 28, 1919.)
Appeal from a judgment entered August 20, 1915, upon an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, reversing a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon the report of a referee and directing a dismissal of the complaint. ' The action was brought to recover from defendant Webb damages for having failed to use his best efforts to carry to a successful termination a joint adventure by which plaintiff, said defendant and another sought to acquire substantially all of the capital stock of a railroad corporation. The Appellate Division held that the scheme was illegal and immoral and that the courts should not aid either party in enforcing it nor give damages for a breach or for services rendered in pursuance thereof.
Lawrence A. Sullivan for appellant.
Howard Taylor, Henry B. Anderson and Roy C. Gasser for William S. Webb, respondent.

Opinion:
Judgment affirmed, with costs to respondent Webb; no opinion.
Concur: His cock, Ch. J., Collin, Cuddeback, Cardozo, Pound, Crane and Andrews, JJ.