Suburban Electric Light Co. v. Town of Hempstead
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, The Suburban Electric Light Company,, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant,, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Queens on the 8th day o£ August, 1898, upon the'decision of the court, rendered after a trial at the Queens County Special Term, dismissing the plaintiff’s complaint upon the merits.
1Opinion of the Court
Goodrich, P. J. :
The action was brought to recover a sum alleged to be due the plaintiff for electric lighting furnished by it to the defendant during January and February, 1898, under a written contract, dated November 6, 1897, made between John Williamson , and the town board of Hempstead; and afterward assigned by Williamson to the plaintiff. The answer set up that the contract was not legal , and binding because it was not entered into in compliance with the provisions of chapter 309 of the Laws of 1896, amending chapter 255 of the Laws of 1892, which latter was entitled “ An act to…
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