Smith v. Corn
New York Court of Common Pleas
Appeal from judgment on report of referee. Action by Katherine N. Smith and G-ridley B. Coburn, copartners under the firm name of K. N. Smith & Co., against Samuel Corn and Henry Corn, for breach of a building contract. Defendants had judgment on the report of a referee, and plaintiffs appeal on exceptions.
1Opinion of the CourtDaly, C. J.
The plaintiffs originally sued for the second installment of $8,500, alleged to have become due on November 6, 1891, under a contract with defendants to furnish the mason, carpenter, and iron work in the erection of the six-story warehouse at No. 12 Waverly Place, in the city of New York. By their supplemental complaint (allowed by stipulation) plaintiffs claim $21,700, the value of the work and materials furnished to the said building, and also damages, upon the ground that they were prevented by defendants, on December 16, 1892, from completing their contract. The action was referred, and,…
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