Legal Opinion

Palmer v. City of Brooklyn

City of New York Municipal Court

Decided February 15, 1895PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeals from interlocutory judgments in favor of plaintiff, overruling demurrers to the complaints in each action.

1Opinion of the CourtVan Wyck, J.

It appears from the complaint in each of these actions that plaintiff sues to recover compensation for making for the city the necessary maps required in the proceedings to open a street under the charter (Laws of 1888, chap. 583, tit. 19); that the defendant employed the plaintiff to make the maps, at the proper stage of the proceedings, which maps he duly made and delivered to defendant, and that the amount claimed for such services is fixed by the ordinances of the city; that defendant thereafter, and before the assessments were imposed, rescinded the resolution directing and authorizing…

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2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Reilly v. . City of AlbanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
  2. Weston v. City of SyracuseNew York Supreme Court · 1894
  3. Payne v. City of BrooklynNew York Supreme Court · 1889

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. American Metal Ceiling Co. v. New Hyde Park Fire District, New York County Courts1915

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