Case Name: Angelina Luciano, Executrix, etc., of Petro Luciano, Deceased, Respondent, v. The State of New York, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1936-05
Citations: 248 A.D. 642
Docket Number: Claim No. 23338
Parties: Angelina Luciano, Executrix, etc., of Petro Luciano, Deceased, Respondent, v. The State of New York, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 248
Pages: 642–643

Head Matter:
Angelina Luciano, Executrix, etc., of Petro Luciano, Deceased, Respondent, v. The State of New York, Appellant.
(Claim No. 23338.)

Opinion:
Appeal from a judgment of the Court of Claims for damages for a breach of a Mghway contract by the State of New York. The evidence supports the judgment of the Court of Claims; the State breached the contract by refusing to give the contractor possession of the Mghway on wMch the contract was to be carried on; by changing the method of curing the concrete and by refusmg to pay for the change and to give the contractor a supplemental contract as required by law and by refusing to pay for the work abeady done according to the terms of the contract. The contractor was justified in rescinding the contract and suing for the value of the labor and materials which he had expended upon the contract. Judgment unanimously affirmed, with costs. Present — Hill, P. J., Rhodes, Crapser, Bliss and Heffernan, JJ,