Lyddy v. . Long Island City
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from order of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, made January 17,1886, which reversed a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a decision of the court on trial without a jury. The nature of the action and the material facts are stated in the opinion. The common council of Long Island City had full legal power and authority under its charter to employ counsel.
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Appeal from order of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, made January 17,1886, which reversed a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a decision of the court on trial without a jury. The nature of the action and the material facts are stated in the opinion. The common council of Long Island City had full legal power and authority under its charter to employ counsel. (Laws of 1870, chap. 719; Laws of 1871, chap. 461.) Unless a subsequent statute is inconsistent with or repugnant to a former statute, both must be construed as standing together. (People…
1Per curiam
The plaintiff had judgment upon a trial, before the court without a jury. On appeal the General Term reversed the judgment for alleged errors of law, and ordered a new trial.
The plaintiff appeals from such reversal upon the usual stipulation for judgment absolute in the event of an affirmance by this court of the order appealed from.
The action was brought to recover for legal services alleged to have been performed by the plaintiff, at the request and upon the employment of the common council of Long Island City, in the investigation of certain alleged abuses by the board of water…
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