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John Williams et al., Appellants, v. The City of New York, Respondent, 1908 — 192 N.Y. 541 · caselaw · US
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John Williams et al., Appellants, v. The City of New York, Respondent
192 N.Y. 541·New York Court of Appeals·1908·NY
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Opinion
John Williams et al., Appellants, v. The City of New York, Respondent.
Williams v. City of New York, 118 App. Div. 756, affirmed.
(Argued April 7, 1908;
decided April 21, 1908.)
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered April 1, 1907, affirming a judgment in favor of defendant entered upon a verdict directed by the court in an action to recover for an alleged breach of contract.
L. Laflin Kellogg and Alfred C. Petté for appellants.
Francis K. Pendleton, Corporation Counsel (Theodore Connoly and Terence Farley of counsel), for respondent.
[MAJORITY]
Judgment affirmed, with costs; no opinion.
Concur: Cullen, Ch. J., Gray, Haight, Vann, Werner, Willard Bartlett and Chase, JJ.