People ex rel. Seaman v. Cocks
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Certiorari issued out of the Supreme Court and attested on the 11th day of September, 1911, directed to James H. Cocks and" others, constituting the board of supervisors of the county of Nassau, State of New York, commanding them to certify and return to the office of the clerk of the county of Nassau all and singular their proceedings had in removing the relator from office:
1Per curiam
The relator was found guilty of charges and removed by the board of supervisors of the county of Nassau from his office as county superintendent of highways of that county, pursuant to section 30 of the Highway Law (Consol. Laws, chap. 25 [Laws of 1909, chap. 30], as amd. by Laws of 1910, chap. 567), for malfeasance in office by reason of the receipt of certain moneys from the town of North Hempstead in said county. That town adopted a proposition to macadamize an avenue in the town, and thereupon the relator, a civil engineer by profession, was employed and was retained at the instance and…
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