Cooper-Snell Co. v. . State of New York
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal, in each of the above-entitled actions, by permission, from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered July 6, 1920, which reversed an order of the Court of Claims denying a motion to open a default and to set aside a dismissal of the claim thereon and granted said motion.
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Appeal, in each of the above-entitled actions, by permission, from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered July 6, 1920, which reversed an order of the Court of Claims denying a motion to open a default and to set aside a dismissal of the claim thereon and granted said motion. In each action the following questions were certified: “ 1. Was it necessary for the claimant to re-file its claim to comply with the provisions of chapter 603 of the Laws of 1918? 2. Did the Court of Claims have jurisdiction to determine the claimant’s claim?”…
1Opinion of the CourtCrane, J.
In August of 1910 the claimant, Cooper-Snell Company, a domestic corporation of Little Falls, New York, entered into a contract for the improvement of a highway known as the Dolgeville Village-County Road, No. 868, in the county of Herkimer, New York. After the work under the contract was completed, the company claimed that by reason of unnecessary and undue delays in accepting materials for said work, in furnishing incorrect and improper grades and in changing grades, it had been greatly damaged.
Claim No. 1688-A was filed on June 20, 1914, with the Board of Claims, demanding judgment against…
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