Dykman 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 21st day of May, 1917, upon the decision of the court after a trial by consent before a judge without a jury in Westchester county. The judgment was in the sum of $204,347.20.
1Opinion of the Court
Smith, J.:
The action was tried by consent before a judge without a jury in Westchester county. Judgment, however, was entered by consent in New York county a,nd it is from this judgment that this appeal is taken. The plaintiff is an attorney at law, residing in White Plains, Westchester county. He was retained by the corporation counsel of the city of New York to have full charge of condemnation proceedings taken pursuant to the provisions of chapter 724 of the Laws of 1905, which act assumed to provide for the building of a reservoir and collecting waters from counties other than Westchester…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- People Ex Rel. Cranford Co. v. . WillcoxNew York Court of Appeals · 1913
3Cited by4 opinions
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- Dowling v. StephanNew York Supreme Court · 1954
- In re the Estate of MontgomeryNew York Surrogate's Court · 1935
- In re the PeopleAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1926