McDonald v. Grout

This is an application for a writ of mandamua requiring the comptroller of the city of Hew York to pay a voucher for $400,000 issued by the Rapid Transit Commission to the contractor for extra work for placing ducts in the tunnel. Under the contract for the construction of the underground rapid transit railway the city is to bear the cost of construction and the contractor is to take a lease of the road at a stipulated rental and bear the cost of its equipment and' maintenance. The contract provides that the motive power shall be electricity or compressed air, which shall be so used as to…