People ex rel. Earl v. England
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the relator, Mortimer C. Earl, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 28th day of December, 1896, upon the decision of the court rendered.after atrial at a Trial Term of the Supreme Court held in and for the county of Kings before the court without a jury.
1Opinion of the Court
Cullen, J.:
This action is brought to determine the respective titles of the relator and the defendant to the office of clerk of the fourth district Police Court in. the- city of Brooklyn. The relator was appointed clerk on the 10th day of October, 1893, by William Watson, police justice. The defendant was appointed clerk on the 1st day of May, 1896, by one Andrew Lemon, who succeeded Watson as police justice. Section 14, title 21 of the charter of the city of Brooklyn (Chap. 583, Laws of 1888) creates the office of clerk, and prescribes the method of filling the office as follows : “ From and…
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