Payne v. City of Brooklyn
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from special term. Action by Robert Payne" and others against the city of Brooklyn. Judgment was given for plaintiffs, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBarnard, P. J.
The complaint states that at the instance and upon the application of the defendant the plaintiffs were appointed by the supreme court as commissioners of estimates and assessments in the matter of improving Fourth avenue, one of the streets of the city. It is further stated therein that they accepted the office, and performed the duties, and made a report therein, which the defendant received from the commissioners upon the express promise that the city would pay the commissioners’ fees when the report was confirmed; that the city procured such confirmation, and refused to pay the fees. To…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Marshall v. . MoseleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1860
3Cited by3 opinions
- Palmer v. City of BrooklynCity of New York Municipal Court · 1895
- Palmer v. City of BrooklynNew York City Court · 1895
- Kinsella v. City of AuburnNew York Supreme Court · 1889