Griffith 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 plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Richmond on the 13th day of February, 1902, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the Richmond Trial Term before the court without a jury-
1Opinion of the Court
Goodrich, P. J. :
In this action, tried before the court without a jury, the following facts were found : The defendant, by the Greater Hew York charter (Laws of 1897, chap. 378), which took effect January 1, 1898, has become liable for the legal obligations of the village of Port Richmond. Between September 1 and December 30, 1897, one Humphreys was employed by the board of health of said village as clerk to the board at a salary of $75 per month, and the board of trustees, on December thirtieth and thirty-first, audited and allowed the claim and issued and delivered to Humphreys warrants…
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- Matter of Taxpayers of PlattsburghNew York Court of Appeals · 1898
- Kent v. Village of North TarrytownAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900
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