Chapman v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the petitioner, George S. Chapman, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 18th day of December, 1899, denying his motion for the appointment of a referee to hear and examine into his claim for reimbursement for expenses incurred by him, which application was made pursuant to chapter 700 of the Laws of 1899.
1Opinion of the Court
Rumsey, J.:
The applicant was a captain of the police force. On the 28th of December, 1896, charges were preferred against him by the board of .police commissioners upon which he was brought to trial.. The charges were dismissed, and he makes this application under chapter 700 of the Laws of 1899 for the appointment of a referee to fix the amount' of counsel fees and expenses to which he was put in defending himself from those charges and to require the city of New York to pay it. His application was denied, and from the order denying it this appeal is taken.
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2Cases cited1 opinion
- In re StrausAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
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- Cuvillier v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1928
- Rattigan v. Board of Sup'rs of Cayuga CountyNew York Supreme Court · 1915
- In re WalshAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901
- People ex rel. Acritelli v. GroutAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
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