In re Grout
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal from Special Term, Kings County. Application of Edward M. Grout, as comptroller of the city of New York, for a warrant for the arrest and committal to jail of Joseph Williams for his refusal to answer questions concerning a claim against the city of New York. From an order committing Williams to jail, he appeals. Reversed.
1Opinion of the CourtRich, J.
On May 12, 1903, the New York Edison Company, a domestic corporation, filed with the respondent a claim against the city of New York for $187,806.58 for electric light furnished to the various departments of the city from January 1, 1903, to and including April 30, 1903, and from time to time thereafter filed similar claims covering a period down to March 15, 1904. These claims were not audited or paid by the comptroller, and on December 23, 1904, an action- was commenced in the Supreme Court for their recovery. The city appeared in the action by its corporation counsel, and the action was…
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