Gregory v. . the City of New York
New York Court of Appeals
These actions were 'brought against the city of New York hy the respondents, respectively, as assignees of portions of the compensation claimed to be due one Woodruff, for services performed hy him under a contract made by him on the 12th of June, 1858, for the removal of the night soil from the sinks and privies in that city.
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These actions were 'brought against the city of New York hy the respondents, respectively, as assignees of portions of the compensation claimed to be due one Woodruff, for services performed hy him under a contract made by him on the 12th of June, 1858, for the removal of the night soil from the sinks and privies in that city. The contract was signed by Woodruff, and the city inspector certified upon it that he had employed W. to do the work upon the terms mentioned in the contract, “ so far (and by virtue of authority of the hoard of health) as the foregoing resolution may empower me to do…
1Opinion of the CourtWoodruff, J.
These actions are alike founded upon an alleged contract, made by the city inspector of the city of Hew York, on the 12th June, 1858, with the assignor of the respective plaintiffs, in pursuance of a resolution of the board of health of the said city, by which the city inspector, “ so far as such resolution empowered him so to do,” employed such assignor “ to remove, temporarily, or until further ordered by the board of health, or the common council, all the contents of the sinks and privies of the city, beyond the harbor, without nuisance,” for a compensation of fifty dollars per week for…
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