Ryan v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Cross-appeals by Patrick Ryan, as sole surviving partner, etc., and the defendant, The City of New York, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 25th day of October, 1910, upon the report of a referee appointed to hear and determine the issues; also appeal by the defendant, The City of New York, from an order of the Supreme Court, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of…
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Cross-appeals by Patrick Ryan, as sole surviving partner, etc., and the defendant, The City of New York, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 25th day of October, 1910, upon the report of a referee appointed to hear and determine the issues; also appeal by the defendant, The City of New York, from an order of the Supreme Court, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 24th day of October, 1910, granting plaintiff an extra allowance of $1,000.
1Opinion of the Court
Hotchkiss, J.:
The firm of which plaintiff is the survivor was the contractor for the construction of the Manhattan anchorage of the Williamsburg bridge. This anchorage was authorized by chapter 789 of the Laws of 1895, and was, in pursuance of that act, contracted for in the joint names of the mayor, etc., of New York and the city of Brooklyn on October 5, 1897. This was prior to the date when the Greater New York charter (Laws of 1897, chap. 378, as amd.) became operative. The work of building the bridge embraced contracts with other concerns for cables and the several towers over which they…
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