Prendergast v. Cohalan

This is a motion made on behalf of the corporation of the city of New York for a writ of mandamus directed against the surrogates of the county of New York to compel them to cause certain statistical records to be compiled and maintained in their office in respect to the time required to perform the different functions of that office by various employees therein, as well as the unit cost of performing such functions. The relator bases his application upon *713the proposition that a ministerial act is imposed upon the surrogates within the provisions of section 149a of the Greater New York Charter…