New York Edison Co. v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
ApReal by file defendant, The Oity of Hew York, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the. Hew York Special Term and entered in the office of the- clerk of the. county of Hew York on the 7th day of April, 1909, denying the defendant’s motion for an inspection and discovery.
1Opinion of the Court
MoLaughlin, J.:
This action was brought to- recover from the city of Yew York ■ the value of the electricity furnished to it for lighting purposes-during the year 1903. The theory of the plaintiff, as appears from the complaint, is that a contract, was entered into between it and the city by virtue of which the electricity was f urnished and that the price which the city agreed to- pay, and which it has been charged, is a fair and reasonable value and the market value of the same¿
The answer denies that the electricity furnished was in pursuance of a. contract and that the price charged was the…
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