Buck v. City of Lockport
New York Supreme Court
This is an appeal from a judgment of the county court of Niagara county, affirming the judgment of a justice’s court.
1Opinion of the Court
By the court, Johnson, J.
—The action was upon a contract between the plaintiff and the common council of the city, by which the former rented to the latter certain premises to be used ;as a pound for the impounding of animals by the corporation. The contract was concluded on the 14th of June, 1869. The rent agreed upon was $25, to be paid the 1st of January, 1870. On the 4th of April, 1870, the plaintiff presented his claim for the rent, to the common *362council of the city, and it was by them referred to the committee of that body on accounts.
Nothing more was done with it, and on the 4th of…
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