Johnston v. Dahlgren
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiffs, James R. Johnston and James F. Kelly composing the firm of Johnston & Kelly, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 22d day of December, 1897, upon the report of a referee dismissing the complaint.
1Opinion of the Court
Rumsey, J.:
The plaintiffs are master plumbers engaged in business in the city of New York, and were such in the month of December, 1894. .The defendant was the owner of a house in Fifty-sixth street iu that city, and in the month of December, 1894, lie employed the plaintiffs . to do some plumbing in that house. Conversations were had with regard to the amount and cost of the work, which was estimated at that time to be considerably less than afterwards was expended upon it. The plaintiffs undertook the work, but it was speedily ascertained, that in addition to the plumbing, a large amount of…
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- Ming v. . CorbinNew York Court of Appeals · 1894
- Leavitt v. . PalmerNew York Court of Appeals · 1849
- Huffstater v. HayesNew York Supreme Court · 1873
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