F. V. Smith Contracting Co. v. City of New York

The work in question was ordered, and the expenditure therefor duly recognized and appropriated by the board of the appropriate department. The amount involved was less than $1,000. Hence the provisions of section 419 of the Greater Yew York chartér were complied with. Section 149, however, as amended in 19'01, seems to *133require all such claims to be audited iu the department of finance before they can be recovered upon in an -action at law. Construing the two sections together, and bearing in mind that the provisions of section 149 -are later in date, it would seem to result that any…