Smith v. City of Buffalo
New York Supreme Court
Action by Junius S. Smith against the city of Buffalo to recover interest on certain claims against defendant. Judgment for plaintiff.
1Opinion of the Court
SPRING, J!
The plaintiff brings Ms action to recover interest, which he asserts accrued on certain claims he held against the city of Buffalo. Thomas Dark & Sons, in pursuance of contracts with the city, performed work in 1888 and 1889 in repairing its sewers. The accounts for the work in each instance were properly audited, and were assigned to the plaintiff by the contractors. Most of these claims were arranged by the issuance of warrants to the plaintiff, although a few were paid directly by the law department of the city. The times intervening the auditing of the accounts and their payment…
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