In re Grout
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by Joseph Williams from an order made by a justice of the Supreme Court at the city of Brooklyn, Kings county, and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 20th day of February, 1905, said order having been substituted for an order made on the 26th day of January, 1905, directing the sheriff of the county of Hew York to commit the appellant to jail until he should submit to answer certain questions.
1Opinion of the Court
Rich, J.:
On May 12, 1903, the Hew York Edison Company, a domestic corporation, filed with the respondent a claim against the city of Hew 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…
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