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Coolidge v. City of New York

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided July 1, 1904PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Appeal by the defendants, The City of New York and others, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the cleric of the county of New York on the 29th day of January, 1904, upon the verdict of a jury for §22,000, and also from two ordei'S entered in said clerk’s office on the 28th day of January, 1904, and 29th day of January, 1904, respectively, denying said defendants’ motions for a new trial made upon the minutes.

1Opinion of the Court

Ingraham, J.:

It appears that one Henry Corn was the owner of certain property upon the northwest corner of Eighteenth street and Fifth avenue, in the city of New York ; that he made a contract with the defendant Cowen to erect a building upon said property; that Cowen made a sub-contract with the defendants Miller and Holme to provide the materials and perform the labor for the necessary shoring, sheath piling and construction of a temporary bridge or sidewalk for use during the construction of the building; that Corn, the owner of the property, applied to the commissioner of public works of…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Nolan v. . KingNew York Court of Appeals · 1885

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Parks v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1906
  2. City of New York v. CornAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1909
  3. Kaplan v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1960
  4. Keating v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905
  5. McKeon v. Procter & Gamble Manufacturing Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1914

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