Citation Codes Equivalent Citations citation codes Advocates William Allan Hoar for Francis K. Pendleton, Corporation Counsel ( Theodore Connoly George O'Reilly of counsel), for See more information ... Smart Summary Please sign up to generate summary. OPINION THE CITY OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JOHN WATTS DE PEYSTER et al., Defendants, and WALTER J. SALOMON, Appellant. Judgment affirmed, with costs; no opinion. Concur: CULLEN, Ch. J., O'BRIEN, EDWARD T. BARTLETT, HAIGHT, VANN, HISCOCK and CHASE, JJ.