Depot Construction Corp. v. City of New York
Depot Construction Corporation, Appellant, v. City of New York, Respondent, Et Al., Defendants; Renel Construction, Inc., Appellant, v. Brooklyn Cooperative Meat Distribution Center, Inc., Defendant, and City of New York, Respondent
Opinion
OPINION OF THE COURT Memorandum.
The orders of the Appellate Division should bé affirmed, with costs, on the opinion of Mr. Justice Samuel J. Silver-man in that court.
We add only two comments. First, as recited in section 100-a of the General Municipal Law, the provisions of sections 101 and 103 of that law (prescribing practice with reference to the expenditure of municipal funds for public projects) are designed "to assure the prudent and economical use of public moneys for the benefit of all the inhabitants of the state and to facilitate the acquisition of facilities and commodities of maximum quality at the lowest possible cost”. They do not undertake to define the rights and liabilities between the municipality and other participants in the public project. They are for the protection of taxpayers, not the benefit of contractors.
Second, even if it be assumed that the complaint and supporting documents are sufficient to sustain appellants’ contention that the co-operatives were agents of the City of New York in the development of these meat distribution centers, we agree with the Appellate Division that in each of these cases the contract between the co-operative and the contractor imposed liability only on the co-operative.
Chief Judge Cooke and Judges Jasen, Gabrielli, Jones, Wachtler and Fuchsberg concur.
In each case: Order affirmed, with costs in a memorandum.
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