Citation Codes Equivalent Citations citation codes Attorney(S) David B. Hill, Augustus Van Wyck Matthew F. Neville for John Whalen, Corporation Counsel ( Theodore Connoly George L. Sterling of counsel), for See more information ... Smart Summary Please sign up to generate summary. JOHN G. WENDEL, as Executor of JOHN D. WENDEL, Deceased, Appellant, v. THE MAYOR, ALDERMEN AND COMMONALTY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, Respondent. Judgment affirmed, with costs, on opinion below. Concur: PARKER, Ch. J., BARTLETT, HAIGHT, MARTIN, VANN, LANDON and CULLEN, JJ.