Legal Opinion

Koelesch v. City of New York

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided July 1, 1898PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Appeal by the defendant, The City of New York, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Queens on the 6th day of July, 1898, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the Queens County Trial Term before the court without a jury.

1Opinion of the Court

Woodward, J.:

We are unable to discover any good reason for disturbing the judgment entered in tlm above-entitled action against the defendant. The trial court finds that the “ plaintiffs, at the times mentioned in the complaint, were and are co-partners; that the defendant the City of New York is a domestic municipal corporation, .and that up to January 1, 1898, defendant Long Island City was' a, domestic municipal corporation; that during’ the year 1897 the general improvement commission of Long Island City was a duly organized board of said Long Island City, and that a majority of such…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Bank of Columbia v. OkelySupreme Court of the United States · 1819
  2. Swift v. . Mayor, Etc., of City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1881
  3. Cumming v. Mayor of BrooklynNew York Court of Chancery · 1845
  4. Dannat v. Mayor of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1876
  5. Beard v. City of BrooklynNew York Supreme Court · 1859

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Astoria Heights Land Co. v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
  2. Carll v. Long Island CityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
  3. People ex rel. Gleason v. ScannellAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902
  4. Stern v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898

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