Bradley v. Village of Union
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Village of Union, from a judgment of the County Court of Broome county in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of said county on the 29th day of October, 1913, upon the verdict of a jury for $138.75, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the same day denying defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
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Appeal by the defendant, Village of Union, from a judgment of the County Court of Broome county in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of said county on the 29th day of October, 1913, upon the verdict of a jury for $138.75, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the same day denying defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes. The defendant appealed from a judgment of the Justice’s Court of the town of Union in favor of the plaintiff, and asked for a new trial in the County Court, pursuant to statute.
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J.:
The plaintiff brought his action in Justice’s Court in the village of Union to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by reason of a breach of contract on the part of the defendant in failing to supply the plaintiff with water. Briefly the facts in the case are these: The village of Union in the year 1908 took the necessary steps to purchase the water plant theretofore maintained and operated by the Union Water Company, and the transaction was fully and lawfully consummated, so far as this record shows. Several years prior to this purchase by the defendant the Union Water…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Sammons v. . City of GloversvilleNew York Court of Appeals · 1903
- Oakes Manufacturing Co. v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1912
- Whitehouse v. Staten Island Water Supply Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905
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- Kennilworth Management Co. v. City of IthacaNew York Supreme Court · 1970
- American Concessionaires, Inc. v. City of Long BeachAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1938
- Bradley v. Village of UnionAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1915