Harrigan v. Prendergast
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal by plaintiff from a judgment of the City Court of the city of New York, in favor of defendant, entered upon a directed verdict.
1Opinion of the CourtBijur, J.
Plaintiff brings this action for the return of $1,150 deposited by him with the predecessor of the defendant, as comptroller of the city of New York, to *152discharge certain liens against funds in the possession of the city due to a certain contractor, the Philip T. Brown Company, which moneys were, plaintiff alleges, “ to be returned to plaintiff in the event that the, lienors failed to succeed in their lien or that the lien would expire or lapse. ’ ’
Upon the trial, plaintiff’s counsel undertook to prove the ownership of the money deposited in the plaintiff by the testimony of one of…
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