Pennsylvania Steel Co. v. Susswein
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Henry M. Susswein, 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 19th day. of October, 1908, upon the verdict of a jury; also from so much of an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 20th day of October, 1908, as denies the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes, and also (as stated in the notice of appeal) from an order entered in said…
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Appeal by the defendant, Henry M. Susswein, 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 19th day. of October, 1908, upon the verdict of a jury; also from so much of an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 20th day of October, 1908, as denies the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes, and also (as stated in the notice of appeal) from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 22d day of October, 1908, denying the defendant’s application to have the verdict of the jury amended…
1Opinion of the Court
McLaughlin, J.:
On the 9th of October, 1906, the defendant was.the owner of a tract of land in Long Island City fronting on the East river and immediately adjacent to land acquired by the city of New York for the so-called Blackwell’s Island bridge, which the plaintiff was constructing. On the date mentioned, plaintiff entered into an agreement in writing, modified by two supplemental agreements, with the defendant by which he leased to it, for a term of two years, a portion of the land owned by him. In consideration of the lease, the plaintiff agreed to build, within three months, a crib dock…
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