Independent Electric Lighting Corp. v. M. Brodsky & Co.
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal by plaintiff from judgment of the Municipal Court of the city of New York, borough of- Manhattan, third district, in favor of defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtGuy, J.
The plaintiff’s business is to purchase electric current and retail it to tenants of various loft buildings. Among the buildings to which it furnished current was the building containing the defendant’s loft. The electricity was supplied by the Edison Company to plaintiff by a master meter, and the plaintiff sub-metered the current supplied to the various tenants, each tenant having a separate meter in his loft. Plaintiff had billed the current for which a recovery is here sought to the tenant of another loft and received payment of the bill, but upon discovering the mistake paid the money…
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