City of New York v. Dowd Lumber Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, The City of New York, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 17th day of March, 1910, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 1st day of April, 1910, denying the plaintiff’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Scott, J.:
Plaintiff appeals from a judgment in favor of defendants entered upon a verdict, and from an order denying a motion for a new trial. Plaintiff accepted a bid made by the defendant Dowd Lumber Company for the furnishing of certain supplies. The lumber company, for the reasons hereinafter stated, refused to execute a contract, whereupon the plaintiff purchased the supplies elsewhere at a higher price than that bidden by the Dowd Lumber Company. This action is to recover the difference between the amount of the Dowd Lumber Company’s bid, and the amount which the city was obliged to pay…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Born v. . SchrenkeisenNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
- Hyde v. TannerNew York Supreme Court · 1847
- Singer v. Grand Rapids Match Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1903
- Flynn v. SmithAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1906
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