Williams Engineering & Contracting Co. v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The City of New York, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 27th day of April, 1915, upon the report of a referee appointed to hear and determine the issues, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 24th day of April, 1915, granting plaintiff’s motion for an extra allowance.
1Opinion of the Court
McLaughlin, J.:
This action was brought to recover damages consisting of prospective profits and for delays upon the alleged breach of a contract between the plaintiff and defendant for the construction of certain power houses, elevator towers and other work upon the Blackwell’s Island bridge over the East river between the boroughs of Manhattan and Queens. The answer put in issue the material allegations of the complaint and set up, among other affirmative defenses, that the contract was between the city and the Williams Engineering and Contracting Company, a partnership, and that the same…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Brace v. . City of GloversvilleNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
- Riverside Contracting Co. v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1916
- Asphalt Paving & Contracting Co. v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1912
- Asphalt Paving and Contr. Co. v. . the City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1914
- Kelsey Smith & Co. v. DouglasAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1915
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- Edison Electric Illuminating Co. v. Horace E. Frick Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1917