Knowles v. City of New York
New York Supreme Court
Trial of an issue of law raised by a demurrer to a defence. Action by a taxpayer against the six commissioners of the new East River Bridge, and the Pennsylvania .Steel Company to annul a contract made by the said commissioners with the said company for the doing of certain work and furnishing of certain material in the construction of the said bridge, and to require the money already paid thereon to be refunded to the city; the city of Hew York and its mayor and comptroller…
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Trial of an issue of law raised by a demurrer to a defence. Action by a taxpayer against the six commissioners of the new East River Bridge, and the Pennsylvania .Steel Company to annul a contract made by the said commissioners with the said company for the doing of certain work and furnishing of certain material in the construction of the said bridge, and to require the money already paid thereon to be refunded to the city; the city of Hew York and its mayor and comptroller being also made incidental parties defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Gaynor, J.:
Of the thirty six typewritten pages which this complaint and answer fill, at least two thirds is tiresome verbiage. That the object of pleadings is to enable the court to perceive readily what the issues are seems to be quite set at naught by some of our learned profession in the county of Hew York. It is not saying too much to say that every trial judge in this part of the state has pleadings put before him every day which serve only to perplex and retard the trial, a tedious perusal of them being necessary in order, if possible, to derive any understanding of the issues from them.
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Talcott v. . City of BuffaloNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
- People Ex Rel. Rodgers v. . ColerNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
- Ziegler v. . ChapinNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
- Matter of Petition of Anthony DugroNew York Court of Appeals · 1872
- Peck v. . BelknapNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
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- Meyers v. Pennsylvania Steel Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902