Case Name: Benjamin B. Odell, Jr., as Receiver of Thomas McNally Company, Appellant and Respondent, v. The City of New York, Respondent and Appellant
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1924-07-05
Citations: 238 N.Y. 623
Docket Number: 
Parties: Benjamin B. Odell, Jr., as Receiver of Thomas McNally Company, Appellant and Respondent, v. The City of New York, Respondent and Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 238
Pages: 623–623

Head Matter:
Benjamin B. Odell, Jr., as Receiver of Thomas McNally Company, Appellant and Respondent, v. The City of New York, Respondent and Appellant.
Contract- — ■ New York city — ■ action to recover on contract for construction of portion of CatskiU aqueduct —■ extra work.
Odell v. City of New York, 206 App. Div. 68, affirmed.
(Argued May 14, 1924;
decided July 5, 1924.)
Cross-appeals, by permission, from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered December 5, 1923, unanimously affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict. The plaintiff divided his claim against the city into two causes óf action. In the first cause of action he sued for what he contended was due him under the provisions of a contract for construction of a portion of the Catskill aqueduct. In the second cause of action he sued on the theory that the city unjustly required the plaintiff and his predecessors to furnish materials and do work not covered by its contract and thereby committed breaches of the contract. Plaintiff appealed from the dismissal of certain of his claims. Defendant appealed from the judgment as entered against it.
Nathan L. Miller, Max L. Schallek and H. Bartow Farr for plaintiff, appellant and respondent.
George P. Nicholson, Corporation Counsel (John F. O’Brien and Elliot S. Benedict of counsel), for defendant, respondent and appellant.

Opinion:
Judgment affirmed, without costs to either party; no opinion.
Concur: Hiscock, Ch. J., Cardozo, Pound, McLaughlin, Crane, Andrews and Lehman, JJ.