New York Circuit Court June 15, 1891 (O'Brien v. Mayor of New York)

Ingraham, J.

The different causes of action set up in the complaint may be divided into two general classes: First, those based upon the obligation of the defendants under the contract made by the aqueduct commissioners, in the name of the defendants, under the authority conferred upon them by chapter 409 of the Laws of 1883, to build section 6 of the aqueduct, whereby plaintiffs seek to recover