Legal Opinion

Becker v. City of New York

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided December 5, 1902Published

Appeal from trial term, New York county. Action by Jennie T. B. Becker, as executrix of James Brady, deceased, against the city of New York. From a judgment for plaintiff, and from an order denying a new trial, defendant appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtO’Brien, J.

The action was brought to recover under a contract which plaintiff’s assignor made with the city of New York on November 13, 1889, for the regulating and grading of Claremont avenue, and the principal claims are for excavation and filling required through error on the part of the engineer, for fees wrongfully deducted as overtime charges, and for work wrongfully excluded by the city from the engineer’s certificate. We do not feel called upon to enter into any extended statement of the facts or argument, as these fully appear from the former opinion of this court (53 App. Div. 301, 65 N. Y.…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Becker v. . City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1902
  2. Becker v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900

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