Ferris v. Lawrene
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Augustus E. Lawrene, from an interlocutory judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 9th day of December, 1909, upon the decision of the court, rendered after a trial at the Kings County Special Term, overruling the said defendant’s demurrer to the complaint.
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J.:
The complaint alleges, in so far as it relates to the defendant Lawrene, that he was, on the 3d day of March, 1900, the owner of certain premises in the borough of Brooklyn, and that on said third day of March he entered into an agreement in writing with the plaintiff, wherein and whereby the said defendant authorized the plaintiff to take all lawful proceedings to obtain compensation for the said premises, which were then proposed to be taken by the defendant the city of New York, for a portion of the approach to *542the new East river or Wi-lliamsburgh bridge, and that by the-terms…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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- Matter of Bassford v. . JohnsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1902