Legal Opinion
The People v. Fields
New York Supreme Court
Decided October 15, 1875PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtWestbrook, J.
— This action is brought to recover moneys which, as is alleged, were illegally and without authority of law paid to the defendant Fields, by the corporation of the city of Hew York, through its chamberlain, upon the check of its comptroller, Richard B. Connolly, countersigned by its mayor, A. Oakey Hall, dated June 3, 1870.
It will be unnecessary, in this ojfinion, to recite in detail the facts upon which the claim is founded, and it is only necessary to state that the defendant Fields received the money ($459,977.79) as assignee of a number of firemen of the city of Hew York, who insisted…
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- People of the State of N.Y. v. . IngersollNew York Court of Appeals · 1874
- Bank of Havana v. . MageeNew York Court of Appeals · 1859
- People of the State of N.Y. v. . FieldsNew York Court of Appeals · 1874
- Davis & Palmer v. Mayor of New YorkThe Superior Court of New York City · 1853
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- Eberhardt v. SchusterNew York Supreme Court · 1879