People ex rel. Dady v. Prendergast
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, William A. Prendergast, as comptroller, etc., from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Kings County Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 23d day of- January, 1911, granting the relator’s motion for a peremptory writ of mandamus.
1Opinion of the Court
Carr, J.:
The relator entered into a contract with the city of New York in August, 1905, to perform certain work for the city in the construction of its water works system in Nassau county. In November, 1905, a .supplemental contract was made between the same parties for additional work .on the same water supply system. While engaged in the performance of these contracts *310he received oral directions from the engineer of the department of water supply to do other work in connection with the testing of wells in certain pumping stations owned by the city and connecting said stations ¡with the work…
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