Norton v. United States Wood Preserving Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the United States Wood Preserving Company, from a judgment of the Municipal Court of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in favor of the plaintiffs, entered on the 27th day of July, 1903, and also fro'm an order denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J.:
The material facts in this case are not disputed. On the 4th day of October, 1902, the defendant wrote a letter to Norton & Gorman, the plaintiffs in this action, in which the following proposition was made: “We .understand that you will haul our wooden paving block from dock at piers 24 to 26, Brooklyn, and lay them in place *239on State street in accordance with the attached specifications, for the sum of 30 cents per square yard. If this is correct, we hereby authorize you to go ahead with the work and agree to pay for same upon its completion and acceptance by us in accordance…
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