Stolz v. City of Syracuse

This is a motion for a new trial on the minutes of the court.

This action was brought by plaintiff to recover damages to the amount of $250,000, resulting from a breach of contract embodied in an ordinance granted by the defendant, the city of Syracuse, to the Central City Waterworks Company, on March 23, 1885.

The facts are undisputed, and the question litigated related alone to the amount of damages. It is urged that the court erred in not holding and charging the jury as a matter of law that defendant’s actions, as shown by the testimony and admitted by the defendant, constituted a breach of…