Burnett v. Mayor
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On appeal from a decree advised by Hon. Amzi Dodd, a special master, whose opinion follows: The Master: The decree in this case having been advised by me, and an appeal taken therefrom, I have been called on for an opinion. The case involves many details which do not seem to me at all important to be stated. A public school-house was contracted to be built for the complainants, by Dittmar, in Jersey City.
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On appeal from a decree advised by Hon. Amzi Dodd, a special master, whose opinion follows: The Master: The decree in this case having been advised by me, and an appeal taken therefrom, I have been called on for an opinion. The case involves many details which do not seem to me at all important to be stated. A public school-house was contracted to be built for the complainants, by Dittmar, in Jersey City. The contract was dated December 11th, 1876, and was filed in the county clerk’s office before any work done or materials furnished. Dittmar agreed to do all the work and furnish all the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Green, J.
The parties contestant in this cause were defendants, in the court below, to a bill of interpleader, filed by the mayor and aldermen of Jersey City, for the purpose of settling and adjusting the respective claims of the parties to the money due from the complainants to Adam J. Dittmar, for the erection of a public school-house in Jersey City. The building was erected under a written contract, duly filed in the county clerk’s office before • the commencement of the work, and was finished by the contractor according to the specifications, and…
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