Levins v. Phillips
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal by the defendants from a judgment entered in the City Court of the city of New York, upon a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for the sum of $1,414.76, and from an order denying the defendants’ motion to set aside the verdict and for a new trial.
1Opinion of the CourtCohalan, J.
Plaintiff sued for work, labor and services and materials furnished. The action was brought upon the theory of a quantum meruit. It appears that the parties on June 30,1912, made an agreement whereby, for the sum of $4,975, the plaintiff was to do the plumbing work on a factory in process of erection by the defendants.
On August 15, 1912, a strike was declared by the Journeymen Plumbers’ Association against the defendants on the ground that the defendants had given out the contract for standpipes and fire lines to the H. Q. Vogel Company, a corporation employing steamfitters. The Plumbers’…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Cameron-Hawn Realty Co. v. . City of AlbanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1913
- Tinley v. Van WertAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1907
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- Levins v. PhillipsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1915