People ex rel. Masterson v. Gallup
New York Supreme Court
Motion for a peremptory mandamus to compel the respondent, as county treasurer of Albany county, to pay sal ary to the relator as clerk to the coroners of the county.
1Opinion of the CourtWestbrook, J.
The relator, John P. Masterson, asks for a peremptory mandamus against Albert Gallup, treasurer of Albany county, to compel the latter to pay to the former $100 for his salary as clerk to the coroners of Albany county during the month of January, 1883. The application is upon the following agreed statement of facts.
On December 21, 1882, a special committee of the board of supervisors of Albany county, to whom the matter had been referred, reported favorably this resolution :
“ Resolved, By the board of supervisors of the county of Albany, that hereafter there shall be one clerk only to…
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