Neary v. Robinson
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of St. Lawrence county, dismissing the plaintiffs complaint and granting costs to the defendants. The action was originally brought in a Justices’ Court, where the plaintiff recovered a judgment.
1DissentLearned, P. J.
The defendants retained the plaintiff to do certain services for them. He performed the services and sues to recover their value, proved to be $120. The defense is, that the defendants had audited his claim at a certain amount, viz.: twenty-five dollars. The services were performed in bastardy proceedings, commenced to charge a putative father with the support of a child about to be bom, and were in the name of the defendants. The proceedings were compromised by the defendants, and they received $300. They are authorized to “ audit and settle all accounts of overseers of the poor, justices of…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Vedder v. Superintendents of the PoorNew York Supreme Court · 1848
- Paddock v. SymondsNew York Supreme Court · 1851