New York Court of Appeals, 1913

General Contracting Co. v. Burgard

General Contracting Co. v. Burgard
New York Court of Appeals · Decided March 18, 1913 · <italic>Per Curiam</italic>.
207 N.Y. 775; 101 N.E. 1103; 1913 N.Y. LEXIS 1476

General Contracting Co. v. Burgard

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam.

It was error for the court to charge the jury that if the money loaned by the defendant to Jones went into the work of cleaning the streets, it was to be regarded as a part of the cost to the defendant of completing the contract. The question was not solely whether the money went into the work. It was whether the defendant made an independent loan to Jones or an advance of money to pay in part the cost of the street cleaning as it progressed.

The order and judgment appealed from should be reversed and a new trial ordered, with costs to the appellant to abide the event.

Cullen, Ch. J., Gray, Willard Bartlett, Hiscock, Cuddeback, Hogan and Miller, JJ., concur.

Order and judgment reversed, etc.

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