DARK BAY INTERNATIONAL LTD. v. ACQUAVELLA GALLERIES, INC.


12 A.D.3d 211 (2004)

784 N.Y.S.2d 514

DARK BAY INTERNATIONAL, LTD., Appellant, v. ACQUAVELLA GALLERIES, INC., Respondent.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

November 9, 2004.


Plaintiff failed to establish that nonparty Michael Cohen was an agent of defendant who had express authority when he agreed to sell a Picasso painting allegedly on defendant's behalf. There was no evidence in the record that defendant had any control over Cohen, a fugitive from justice, or that Cohen was either an employee of or had any affiliation with defendant (cf. Pensee Assoc. v Quon Indus., 241 A.D.2d 354, 359 [1997]). There...

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