North River Electric Light & Power Co. v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Submission of a controversy upon an agreed statement of facts, pursuant to section 1219 of the Code of Civil Procedure. The statement of facts which the parties agreed to submit to the court for the determination of their controversy is as follows : “ First. That the plaintiff is a domestic corporation, duly incorporated and existing under the laws of the State of New York, located and doing business in the city of New York. “ Second.
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Submission of a controversy upon an agreed statement of facts, pursuant to section 1219 of the Code of Civil Procedure. The statement of facts which the parties agreed to submit to the court for the determination of their controversy is as follows : “ First. That the plaintiff is a domestic corporation, duly incorporated and existing under the laws of the State of New York, located and doing business in the city of New York. “ Second. That the defendant, the City of New York, is and was, at all the times hereinafter stated, a municipal corporation. “ Third. That in the regular course of its…
1Dissent
Ingraham, J. (dissenting)
The question in this case is one of great importance, involving, as it does, the liability of the city of New York for contracts made by public officers without compliance with the provisions of the charter in relation to the execution of contracts and the incurring of liabilities by the city of New York for supplies furnished to the city where no contract has been made as provided for by the charter. That the plaintiff should be paid for the services that it has rendered in lighting the streets of the city of New York for the period named, and that the lights were…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- McDonald v. Mayor of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1876
- Harlem Gas Co. v. . Mayor, C., of N.Y.New York Court of Appeals · 1865
- Dickinson v. . City of PoughkeepsieNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
- Gleason v. DaltonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
- Blank v. KearnyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899