Case Name: Michael J. Dady, Appellant, v. The City of New York, Respondent
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1915-05-14
Citations: 215 N.Y. 648
Docket Number: 
Parties: Michael J. Dady, Appellant, v. The City of New York, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 215
Pages: 648–648

Head Matter:
Michael J. Dady, Appellant, v. The City of New York, Respondent.
Dady v. City of Mew TorJc, 156 App. l)iv. 900, affirmed.
(Argued April 28, 1915;
decided May 14, 1915.)
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered April 25, 1913, affirming a judgment in favor of defendant entered upon a dismissal of the complaint by the court at a Trial Term without a jury in an action to recover for damages for the breach by the defendant of a contract made with the plaintiff to do the work of remodeling and extending the Massapequa pumping station near Massapequa, L. I., including the pumping plant, pump well and infiltration gallery system, with the necessary appurtenances. The sole contention is based upon the interpretation to be placed upon the contract between the parties. The plaintiff claims by the terms of the contract he was obligated to pump water for the city during the actual work of construction only, while the defendant insists that he should so pump during the life of the contract irrespective of the fact as to whether work under the contract was being done by the plaintiff and to continue toso pump until the work was accepted by the defendant.
Jerry A. Wernberg for appellant.
Frank L. Polk, Corporation Counsel (Terence Farley of counsel), for respondent.

Opinion:
Judgment affirmed, with costs; no opinion.
Concur: Hiscock, Collin, Cuddeback, Hogan, Cardozo and Seabury, JJ. Absent: Willard Bartlett, Oh. J.