Dickinson v. . City of Poughkeepsie
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court, in the second judicial department, affirming a judgment in favor of defendant, entered upon an order dismissing plaintiffs’ complaint, on trial.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court, in the second judicial department, affirming a judgment in favor of defendant, entered upon an order dismissing plaintiffs’ complaint, on trial. (Deported below, 7 Ilun, 1.) This action was brought to recover for work alleged to have been done by plaintiffs upon' the employment of the water commissioners of the city of Poughkeepsie, under authority of the act, chapter 333, Laws of 1867, and the various acts amendatory thereof. The facts appear sufficiently in the opinion. It was proper to prove by parol that “ earth excavation,” “…
1Opinion of the CourtHand, J.
The section of the statute, conferring the powers material to be considered by us upon the water commissioners of the city of Poughkeepsie, is not entirely free from ambiguity. It authorizes them, among other things, to build reservoirs, etc., employ engineers, laborers, and all other help, and do all acts that may be needed to take waters and introduce them into the city, “ or they may put the whole or any part of the same out on one or more contracts, first giving at least two weeks’ public notice of proposals in all the city newspapers, and such contract or contracts shall be given to the…
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