Wadsworth v. Board of Supervisors
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
. Appeal by the defendant, Henry' B. Curtis, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Livingston on the 13tli day of April, 1909, upon the decision of the court rendered after' a trial at the Livingston Special-Term, and also (as stated in the notice of -appeal) from an order entered in said clerk’s office on' the1 same day directing the. entry of' said judgment.
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. Appeal by the defendant, Henry' B. Curtis, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Livingston on the 13tli day of April, 1909, upon the decision of the court rendered after' a trial at the Livingston Special-Term, and also (as stated in the notice of -appeal) from an order entered in said clerk’s office on' the1 same day directing the. entry of' said judgment. The judgment restrains thé defendant, the board of supervisors of said county, from paying the amount of an .order for $5,470.94-upon the defendant Walker, as…
1Opinion of the Court
Spring, J.:
In the year 1899 and continuously thereafter until the 31st day of December, 1904, the appellant Cmtis was county clerk of the county of Livingston, and his compensation was paid by fees. On. the 12th day "of March, 1900, the board of supeiwisors of said county entered into a written .agreement with the said defendant Curtis whereby he agreed “ to make and complete a full, proper and legible index of all deeds of conveyance on record in the office of clerk of the county of Livingston, filed and recorded during the period ' *834of time between.the year 1821, inclusive of that- year, and…
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