Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corp. v. City of New York

This action, upon four counts, was originally brought by Lindley M. Garrison, as receiver of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company, to recover from the city of New York the aggregate sum of $5,212.87, together with interest in varying amounts upon the separate sums alleged to be due and owing to plaintiff. By an order subsequently made, the Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation was substituted as plaintiff in place of Mr. Garrison.

The four causes of action set forth in the complaint are identical in tenor, except that they involve separate transactions .and are for different amounts. They…