Twist v. City of Rochester
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The City of Rochester, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff as against the said defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Monroe on the 28th day of September, 1897, upon the verdict of a jury for $5,000, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 6th day of April, 1897, denying said defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
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Appeal by the defendant, The City of Rochester, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff as against the said defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Monroe on the 28th day of September, 1897, upon the verdict of a jury for $5,000, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 6th day of April, 1897, denying said defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes. Also, an appeal by the plaintiff, Charles Twist, as administrator, etc., of Edward A. Twist, deceased, from a judgment in favor of the defendant, the Rochester Gas and…
1Opinion of the Court
Ward, J.:
The city of Rochester on the 1st day of July, 1887, entered into a contract in writing with the Rochester Electric Light Company of that city, a domestic corporation which will he referred to as the “ company,” whereby the company agreed to furnish, from time to time, poles suitable for supporting its electric lamps for street lighting in the city and poles or underground conduits for its wires for transmitting electricity for such lamps at such place or places and in such numbers as the city by its common council should, from time to time during the continuance of the contract,…
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