Becker 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 16th day of February, 1900, upon the verdict of a jury rendered by direction of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
McLaughlin, J.:
On the 13th of November, 1889, the defendant entered into a contract with one Carr for the regulating and grading of Claremont avenue, from One Hundred and Twenty-second to One Hundred and Twenty-seventh streets, in the city of New York. At the completion of the work a final certificate was made by the engineer in charge, to the effect that Carr was entitled to receive, under his contract, .the sum of $24,735.77. This amount, prior to the commencement of the action, had been paid to him, except the sums of $325, ‘‘ repairing security,” retained according to the provisions of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Adams v. . Roscoe Lumber Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1899
3Cited by1 opinion
- Becker v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902