People Ex Rel. Keene v. Board of Supervisors
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered upon an order made August 25, 1893, which affirmed an order of Special Term sustaining a demurrer by defendant to an alternative writ of mandamus.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered upon an order made August 25, 1893, which affirmed an order of Special Term sustaining a demurrer by defendant to an alternative writ of mandamus. The relator applied, under the act of 1891, an act amending chapter 487 of the Laws of 1884, entitled “ An act authorizing the construction of a drawbridge over Newtown creek in Queens county,” as amended by chapter 184 of the Laws of 1887 (Chap. 290, Laws of 1891), for a mandamus requiring the.boards of supervisors of the counties of Kings and…
1Opinion of the Court
Andrews, Oh. J.
The demurrer to the alternative writ presents the question whether upon the facts alleged a duty rested upon the boards of supervisors of the counties of Kings and Queens to re-build the bridge over Newtown creek, on Maspeth avenue, where a bridge previously existed connecting the avenue in Queeiis county with the portion of the avenue in the county of Kings within the city of Brooklyn, and whether the remedy by mandamus in this proceeding should be awarded. The alternative writ, after reciting the facts stated in the petition, commands the boards of supervisors of the…
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