Snell v. City of Long Beach

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

Snell v. City of Long Beach

263 A.D. 1021, 33 N.Y.S.2d 923, 1942 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 7922

CourtAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

DecidedMarch 30, 1942

StatusPublished

Cited by3 cases

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Snell v. City of Long Beach, 263 A.D. 1021, 33 N.Y.S.2d 923, 1942 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 7922 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1942).

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Consolidated actions on contract by plaintiffs as holders of special assessment improvement bonds issued by the city of Long Beach, on which there were defaults in payment both as to principal and interest. Judgment for the plaintiffs unanimously affirmed, with costs. The defendant was obligated by contract to levy and collect assessments for the payment of the principal and interest of each issue of the bonds “ as the same respectively become due.” The bonds in these series became due yearly over a period of ten years. This contract obligation required timely action in order that the funds might be available to meet the obligations due each year. Therefore, the city was required to act with celerity each year to carry out this obligation to levy and collect the assessments. Under the evidence herein, it was grossly delinquent both as a matter of law and as. a matter of fact, to the damage of the bondholders. The New York cases invoked to sustain a contrary view are readily distinguishable. The affirmance is on the assumption that the plaintiffs will credit upon the judgment the difference between six per cent and four per cent in respect of their interest claims covering the period from July 1, 1939. The defendant could have had the benefit of such credits without prosecuting this appeal. Present — Lazansky, P. J., Carswell, Johnston, Adel and Close, JJ.

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Consolidated actions on contract by plaintiffs as holders of special assessment improvement bonds issued by the city of Long Beach, on which there were defaults in payment both as to principal and interest. Judgment for the plaintiffs unanimously affirmed, with costs. The defendant was obligated by contract to levy and collect assessments for the payment of the principal and interest of each issue of the bonds “ as the same respectively become due.” The bonds in these series became due yearly over a period of ten years. This contract obligation required timely action in order that the funds might be available to meet the obligations due each year. Therefore, the city was required to act with celerity each year to carry out this obligation to levy and collect the assessments. Under the evidence herein, it was grossly delinquent both as a matter of law and as. a matter of fact, to the damage of the bondholders. The New York cases invoked to sustain a contrary view are readily distinguishable. The affirmance is on the assumption that the plaintiffs will credit upon the judgment the difference between six per cent and four per cent in respect of their interest claims covering the period from July 1, 1939. The defendant could have had the benefit of such credits without prosecuting this appeal. Present — Lazansky, P. J., Carswell, Johnston, Adel and Close, JJ.

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263 A.D. 1021, 33 N.Y.S.2d 923, 1942 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 7922, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/snell-v-city-of-long-beach-nyappdiv-1942.

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