Edwards v. City of Watertown
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment, entered and docketed in Jefferson county, January 30, 1879, on the report of a referee. The judgment was in favor of the defendant and against the plaintiff, dismissing his complaint with costs.
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Appeal from a judgment, entered and docketed in Jefferson county, January 30, 1879, on the report of a referee. The judgment was in favor of the defendant and against the plaintiff, dismissing his complaint with costs. The action was commenced to recover of defendant, a municipal corporation, for work and labor performed, materials furnished and money paid out for the defendant by the plaintiff in building desks, cupboard, platforms and other furniture, including the frame work of a sign, with which to furnish for the use and occupation of the city certain rooms leased by defendant of the…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
The action was brought to recover for work and labor performed, materials furnished and money paid out for the defendant, a municipal corporation, in fitting up certain rooms leased by the defendant, and furnishing them with fixtures and furniture for the use of the defendant’s officers.
The referee found that at a regular meeting of the common council of the defendant, held on the 22d September, 1874, it was resolved to take a lease of the rooms in question for five years, with a privilege of ten years if desired, at a rent of $400 a year, and at the same meeting the mayor of the city, as the…
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