Rinehart & Dennis Co. v. City of New York

The plaintiff and the defendant entered into a contract whereby the plaintiff, on a unit price basis, undertook to construct a section, nine miles long, of the so-called Catskill Aqueduct. After the completion of the work by the plaintiff, and its acceptance by the defendant, the plaintiff brought this action to recover damages caused by alleged breaches of the contract made by the defendant. The appeal relates to three causes of action of that nature which were dismissed by the Trial Term.

The disposition below of the third cause of action, known as the Reynolds Hill claim, and the fifth…