Case Name: John F. Fairchild et al., Respondents, v. The City and County Contract Company, Appellant
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1915-05-25
Citations: 215 N.Y. 671
Docket Number: 
Parties: John F. Fairchild et al., Respondents, v. The City and County Contract Company, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 215
Pages: 671–672

Head Matter:
John F. Fairchild et al., Respondents, v. The City and County Contract Company, Appellant.
(Argued May 11, 1915;
decided May 25, 1915.)
Fairchild v. City <& County Contract Co., 158 App. Div. 166, affirmed.
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered August 1, 1913, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiffs entered upon a verdict in an action to recover for an alleged breach of contract contained in a convey anee of land from the plaintiffs or the plaintiffs’ predecessors in title whereby the defendant agreed to construct arid operate a railroad station on land adjacent thereto. The question at issue was whether defendant was excused from performance, and, therefore, not liable in damages, by a change in the route of the railroad making it impossible to carry out said coritract.
George S. Graham and Ralph Polk Buell for appellant.
Arthur M. Johnson for respondents.

Opinion:
Judgment affirmed, with costs; no opinion.
Concur: Willard Bartlett, Oh. J., Werner, Chase, CUDDEBAOK, HOGAN, MILLER and SEABURY, JJ.