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Hofmann Packing Company, Inc. v. State

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Jan 5, 1939
256 App. Div. 884 (N.Y. App. Div. 1939)

Opinion

January 5, 1939.

Present — Sears, P.J., Crosby, Lewis, Cunningham and Taylor, JJ.


Judgment reversed on the law, with costs, and claim dismissed. New finding of fact made. Memorandum: Only Federal moneys were being expended by Temporary Emergency Relief Administration in carrying out the contract made with claimant. The State by statute is relieved from liability arising out of the administration or expenditure of Federal funds by the Temporary Emergency Relief Administration. (Laws of 1934, chap. 716; Spa Baths Co. v. Board of Commissioners of State Reservation, 98 Misc. 399; affd., 181 App. Div. 960; People ex rel. Bankers Trust Co. v. Graves, 270 N.Y. 316, 321.) All concur. (The judgment is for claimant on a claim for money due under a contract.)


Summaries of

Hofmann Packing Company, Inc. v. State

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Jan 5, 1939
256 App. Div. 884 (N.Y. App. Div. 1939)
Case details for

Hofmann Packing Company, Inc. v. State

Case Details

Full title:THE HOFMANN PACKING COMPANY, INC., Respondent, v. THE STATE OF NEW YORK…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department

Date published: Jan 5, 1939

Citations

256 App. Div. 884 (N.Y. App. Div. 1939)

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