Herrman v. Leland
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, James S. Herrman, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Trial Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 30th day of June, 1913, setting aside the verdict of a jury in plaintiff’s favor for $17,051.30, and granting defendant’s motion for a new trial; also an appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the same time and entered on the same day denying plaintiff’s motion to add interest from…
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Appeal by the plaintiff, James S. Herrman, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Trial Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 30th day of June, 1913, setting aside the verdict of a jury in plaintiff’s favor for $17,051.30, and granting defendant’s motion for a new trial; also an appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the same time and entered on the same day denying plaintiff’s motion to add interest from November 21, 1908, to the verdict of the jury rendered herein; and also an appeal from an order of the Supreme Court,…
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
This is an action to recover for services on a quantum meruit basis. The plaintiff was engaged in the real estate business and in building construction, and the defendant was president of the New York County National Bank. In the month of October, 1908, the Buckley Realty Construction Company was erecting an apartment house known as the “Verona ” at Sixty-fourth street and Madison avenue in the borough of Manhattan, and was engaged in the performance of other contracts for building the Long Island approach to the Queensborough bridge, for certain building or construction work at…
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