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Alfred H. Lorton et al., Appellants, v. The Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of the City of New York, Respondent, 1900 — 162 N.Y. 616 · caselaw · US
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Alfred H. Lorton et al., Appellants, v. The Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of the City of New York, Respondent
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Opinion
Alfred H. Lorton et al., Appellants, v. The Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of the City of New York, Respondent.
Lorton v. The Mayor, 83 App. Div. 140, affirmed.
(Argued March 1, 1900;
decided March 20, 1900.)
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered September 16,. 1898, affirming a judgment in favor of defendant entered, upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term.
Thomas Allison for appellants.
John Whalen, Corporation Counsel (Theodore Connoly of counsel), for respondent.
[MAJORITY]
Judgment affirmed, with costs, on opinion below.
Concur: Parker, Ch. J., O’Brien, Bartlett, Haight, Martin, "Vann and Landon, JJ.