Hardiman v. Mayor of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of the City of Mew York, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Mew York on the 23d day of March, 1894, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from' an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 12th day of - April, 1894, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Rumsey, J.:
On the 5th of December, 1893, the common council passed a resolution directing a tight board fence to be erected around certain lots' at the corner of One Hundred and Thirteenth street and the Boulevard. A contract to do the work was made with the plaintiff, *615by which he was to receive the sum of thirty-nine cents a lineal foot for doing it, amounting in all to the sum of $229.69. He began work early in January, and had completed a large portion when, by the order of the city officials, he was directed to go no further with it. Thereupon he stopped the work. At that time he had dug…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Jones v. . JuddNew York Court of Appeals · 1850
- Devlin v. Second Avenue Rail RoadNew York Supreme Court · 1865
3Cited by1 opinion
- Borup v. Von KokeritzAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1914