Marvin Briggs, Inc. v. New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox & Tilden Foundations

Plaintiff and defendant New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations (hereinafter called Library) entered into a written contract for the sale of a boiler and its delivery and installation in the sidewalk vault of a building owned by that defendant at 801-807 Broadway, borough of Manhattan, New York city. In the contract plaintiff, in effect, indemnified Library against damages to its buildings during the execution of the work. The contract price was $4,280, for which amount plaintiff sues Library in its first cause of action. Library admitted its debt under the first cause of…