Legal Opinion

People Ex Rel. Cranford Co. v. . Willcox

New York Court of Appeals

Decided March 4, 1913PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered December 20, 1912, which reversed an order of Special Term denying a motion for a peremptory writ of mandamus to compel the defendants to certify to the comptroller of the city of New York for payment the amount of an award made on arbitration of a claim for extra work alleged to have been performed under a contract with said city.

1Per curiam

The questions raised by the appellants are very satisfactorily discussed in the opinion of the Appellate Division with a single exception and that relates to the allowance of interest upon the award. We think the allowance of such interest was not justified either by the terms of the submission or by the character of the relator’s claim. There is no reference to the subject of interest in the agreement for submission to arbitration, nor is there anything in the language of the agreement from which an intent to submit the question of interest may be fairly implied. The character of the…

2Cited by8 opinions

  1. Faber v. . City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1918
  2. Oscar Daniels Co. v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1921
  3. Dykman v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1918
  4. Jannis v. EllisCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1957
  5. People ex rel. New York Dock Co. v. DelaneyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1920

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