Taylor v. Bell & Bogart Soap Co.

18 A.D. 175, 45 N.Y.S. 939

• Court: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
• Decided: July 1, 1897
• Status: Published

Opinion

Goodrich, P. J.:

The complaint alleges that one Hugh Hill, doing business under the firm name of Edward Hill’s Son & Co., made a contract with the defendant to , sell certain merchandise; that the defendant failed to take some of the merchandise, and that Hill suffered damage, to recover which this action is brought. Hill assigned the cause of action to the plaintiff.

The defense to which the demurrer was interposed sets up that the name of Edward Hill’s Son & Co. was fictitious, and that Hill was transacting business in violation of chapter 262 of the Laws of 1886. • The answer did not allege that the defendant was induced by the use of such firm name to give any credit, or that it was misled to its-injury by the use of the fictitious firm name.

The question raised by the demurrer has already been decided, by the Court of Appeals in the case of Gay et al. v. Seibold (97 N. Y. 472), where the subject was fully discussed, and the court held that, as no credit was given to and no reliance placed upon the false. designation, the intention of the statute should be taken into con-' sideration, and that the case was not within the purpose or intent of the statute; and that the use of the fictitious name was not a defense to an action upon a bond given to the fictitious firm.

The judgment is affirmed.

All concurred.

Judgment affirmed, with costs.