Fidelity & Deposit Co. v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The City of New York, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 30th day of January, 1905, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the New York Trial Term, a jury having been waived.
1Opinion of the Court
Clarke, J.:
The plaintiff, as assignee of one Jacob D. Butler, brought this action to recover from the city of New York the sum of $6,000, with interest from August 1,1899, for services alleged to have been rendered by said Butler under a contract as broker in connection *264with the purchase of land for the new site of the College of the City of New York. The case was tried by the court, a jury having been waived. ..
The College of the City of New York is a domestic corporation, organized and existing by virtue of a special act of the Legislature, being chapter 264 of the Laws of 1866, recognized…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Gunnison v. . Bd. of EducationNew York Court of Appeals · 1903
- Swift v. . Mayor, Etc., of City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1881
3Cited by4 opinions
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- Brooklyn Public Library v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1928
- People v. HubelNew York Supreme Court · 1907
- McLoughlin v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1917