MacArthur Bros. v. City of New York

MacArthur Brothers Company and James 0. Winston and Thomas S. Winston have brought an action against the city of New York, involving the performance of the contract for the construction of the Ashokan reservoir and covering items growing out of alleged arbitrary determinations of value, pretended certifications by engineers and out of delay in acquiring the right of way of the Ulster and Delaware Railroad Company by the defendant, etc., to recover the sum of $1,220,580.92. The venue of the action is laid in the county of Ulster, and the defendant has moved to change it to the county of New…