Hough v. State
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
■ Appeal by the claimant, David L. Hough, from a judgment of the Court of Claims of the State of New York, entered in the office of the clerk of said court on the 18th day of April, 1910, in favor of the claimant for the sum of $1,350.
1Opinion of the Court
Smith, P. J.:
The claimant challenges the judgment for insufficiency. In 1906 the State was in litigation with the Consolidated Gas Company to test the validity of the so-called Eighty-Oent Gas Law. In that litigation the- value of the plant and equipment of the Consolidated Gas Company became an important factor. One Mayer had testified in behalf of the Consolidated Gas Company that its plant and equipment was of the value of $16,098,893. The State through its counsel was endeavoring to prove that this estimate was excessive. This claimant was asked to be an expert witness in behalf of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Perry v. BatesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1906
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