Morrison & Quinn, Inc. v. State
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the claimant, Morrison & Quinn, Inc., from a judgment of the Court of Claims in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of said court on the 3d day of November, 1920, dismissing the claim upon the merits.
1Opinion of the Court
Clark, J.:
Qn the 16th day of October, 1916, the appellant and the State of New York entered into a contract for the construction by claimant of a lock in the Erie canal about fifty feet from the junction of the. Erie and Barge canals near the village of Mohawk, N. Y. The purpose of this lock was to permit boats to pass into the Barge canal from the Erie canal, and from the latter into the Barge canal. At this point the level of the Barge canal is some nine feet lower than that of the Erie canal.
Appellant began work under this contract in December, 1916, and was prosecuting its work when the…
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