Claims Against the City for Damages
Caused During the Riot.
Claims Against the City for Damages Caused During the Riot.
THE LAW APPLICABLE TO THE CLAIMS.
The following additional claims for damages were filed with the Comptroller yesterday:
| Mary Johnston, destruction of house No. 76 Roosevelt-street, $3,750; same No. 68 Chambers-street, $600; same of furniture at No. 73 Roosevelt-street, $1,500; do. at No. 75 Roosevelt-street, $1,000; do. at No. 68 New Chambers-street, $750; washhouse at No. 75 Roosevelt-street, $500; loss of business and rents during repairs, $3,100--total | $11,200 00 |
| Frances Staen, robbery of dwelling and store No. 600 Third-avenue | 85 75 |
| John F. Lankham, robbery of hardware store No. 771 Third-avenue | 59 03 |
| Caroline Leidig, No. 136½ Greenwich street, liquor, furniture and clothing | 673 00 |
| Parmelia Hunt, loss of furniture stored at No. 1,182 Broadway | 233 50 |
| Munsell & Co., robbery of furnishing-store No. 164 Fulton-street, night of July 14 | 2,354 00 |
| R. H. Lievesley, hardware, No. 287 First avenue | 136 70 |
| Rosetta Clarke, furniture, &c., location not given | 153 50 |
| Mrs. Julia Jones & Son, furniture and clothing, No. 84 East Thirty-second-street | 154 99 |
| Mrs. Sarah J. Eaio(?), same at No. 113 West Twenty-seventh-street | 241 85 |
| Sarah Wynkoop, (colored) same at No. 270 Seventh-avenue | 120 87 |
| Bernard Stern, stock of clothing store at No. 446 Grand-street | 4,357 15 |
| Levi Steele, No. 1,190 Broadway, furniture and clothing | 885 50 |
| Lewis Jordan, groceries a[t] No. 200 East Forty-seventh-street | 363 62 |
| Marshalls & Perry, proprietors Broadway and Sixth-avenue Line of Stages, loss by prevention of these stages running, pay of men, &c. | 685 96 |
| Andrew Foster Higgins, No. 1,190 Broadway and Broadway corner Twenty-ninth street, paintings, statuary, furniture, books, &c. | $10,000 00 |
| Nicholas S. Seleninoff, No. 1,190 Broadway, furniture and clothing | 3,645 00 |
| Philip H. Coolidge, No. 1,188 Broadway, same | 3,942 00 |
| William W. Wilson, No. 25 West Thirty-third-street, clothing and cash | 140 97 |
| Samuel Adams, Broadway, between Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth streets, artists' materials | 69 93 |
| Thomas C. Smith, same location, plans, sketches, enameled glass, &c. | 158 50 |
| R. P. Lugar, No. 1,186 Broadway, stock of paint and fancy paper | 5,795 00 |
| Philo F. Barnum, street attack, watch, &c. | 54 00 |
| Nathan Abrahams, No. 476 Grand-street, stock of clothing and dry goods | 1,467 70 |
| Eliza Wilt, four-story brick house, No. 679 Third-avenue | 10,000 00 |
| George Barker, damage to No. 342 Lexington-avenue, loss clothing, &c | 250 00 |
| Francis C. White, Broadway and Twenty-ninth-streets, property not described | 294 00 |
| ___________ |
| Total | $56,542 52 |
| Amount heretofore reported about | 276,000 06 |
| ___________ |
| Full amount to date | $332,552 52 |
The law of 1855 in respect to payment of damages caused during a riot, makes both cities and counties responsible, and requires a notice of a claim after the expiration of twenty days from the time of the damage, and also requires a lapse of three months before a suit can be commenced. The act of 1860, specifying the manner and in what Courts to sue the Corporation of the City of New-York required a second notice to the Comptroller, at least twenty days after the first notice, before a suit can be commenced, if the Comptroller has in the meantime failed to adjust the claim. The power of the Comptroller to decide in such matters is contained in the Charter, and authorizes him to "settle and adjust all claims for or against the Corporation." Suits against the City must be carried on in the Supreme, Common Pleas or Superior Court of the First Judicial District. The Comptroller is required to pay upon the rendering of a judgment against the City. Mr. Brennan has not yet decided whether he will "settle or adjust" the riot claims or let them be sued for.
Source:
Unknown, "Claims Against the City for Damages Caused During the Riot," New York Times, Thursday, 30 July 1863, p. 2.
Notes:
I'm afraid I don't know much about this riot at all. If you have information that you'd like to add please contact me at chwynkoop@hotmail.com. I'd be more than happy to update the information presented here.
All my best,
Chris
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