Legal Opinion

Susswein v. Bradley Contracting Co.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided November 22, 1918PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal by the defendant," Bradley Contracting Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 8th day of February, 1917, upon the verdict of a jury for $14,000, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the same day denying defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.

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Appeal by the defendant," Bradley Contracting Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 8th day of February, 1917, upon the verdict of a jury for $14,000, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the same day denying defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes. Appeal by the plaintiffs, Henry M. Susswein, as administrator and another, from so much of the order entered on the 8th day of February, 1917, as denies their motion to amend the verdict so as to include…

1Opinion of the Court

Laughlin, J.:

The recovery was for damages to buildings owned by the plaintiffs and for loss of rentals thereof, alleged to have been caused by the defendant in constructing a subway in Kenmare street, in the execution of a contract made between it and the city of New York on the 27th day of June, 1907. Kenmare street runs easterly and westerly intersecting Mott street at substantially right angles, and the city acquired title thereto for public street purposes on the 1st day of May, 1907. Prior to that time the premises so acquired had mainly been occupied by buildings, some of which had been…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Hartshorn v. . ChaddockNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
  2. New York Steam Co. v. . Foundation Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1909
  3. Lincoln Safe Deposit Co. v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1913
  4. Schnaier v. Bradley Contracting Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1918
  5. New York Steam Co. v. Foundation Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1908

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Kukkuk v. City of Des MoinesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1922
  2. Union Course Holding Corp. v. Tomasetti Construction Co.New York Supreme Court · 1944
  3. Siemers v. St. Louis Electric Terminal Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1939
  4. Aristos v. Detroit & Canada Tunnel Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1932
  5. A. I. Namm & Son v. City of New YorkNew York Supreme Court · 1938

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