Horner v. State
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the claimant, Michael T. Horner, from a judgment of the Court of Claims, entered in the office of the clerk of said court on the 18th day of January, 1899, dismissing the claim of the claimant.
1Opinion of the Court
Pee Cueiam :
The appellant in this matter, on April 25, 1893, entered into a written contract with C. F. Durston, as warden of Auburn State Prison, whereby he agreed to pay to the State of New York the sum of $3,000 per annum for the use of its machinery, tools and all appliances belonging to the “plant of the hollow ware industry, and also the iron castings industry,” as then carried on in said prison.
The warden agreed on the part of himself and his successors to furnish 200 convicts to manufacture in such plant, upon the “ piece price ” system, liollowware and other iron castings, for which…
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