Lord v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The City of New York, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 8th day of July, 1915, upon the verdict of a jury rendered by direction of the court, both sides having moved for the direction of a verdict at the close of the case, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 26th day of June, 1915, as resettled by an order entered in said…
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Appeal by the defendant, The City of New York, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 8th day of July, 1915, upon the verdict of a jury rendered by direction of the court, both sides having moved for the direction of a verdict at the close of the case, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 26th day of June, 1915, as resettled by an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 29th day of June, 1915, denying defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes. Appeal by the…
1Opinion of the Court
Page, J.:
The action was brought by a firm of .architects who were employed by the president of the borough of Brooklyn to prepare plans and specifications for a new court house and municipal building in said borough. The contract provides, among other things: “(2) * * * If the said prehminary drawings, specifications and estimate are not satisfactory to and approved by the President, then the architect shall and will revise and correct the same so as to conform to the suggestions, criticisms and requirements of the President, and so that the estimated cost, including architect’s fees and the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Horgan & Slattery v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1906
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