Heaton v. City of Cohoes

Plaintiffs, certified accountants, sued to recover the contract price of professional services rendered to the defendant city under employment by the Mayor. Judgment was entered upon the verdict of a jury for $4,000 and interest and affirmed by the Appellate Division.

The essential facts found by the jury were that on October 2, 1929, the plaintiffs and the Mayor, acting for the defendant city, entered into a contract whereby the plaintiffs were authorized, (1) to examine the books and papers of the office of the Comptroller of the city of Cohoes, with a view to a thorough investigation and…