Legal Opinion

Willett v. Devoy

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided July 31, 1914PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Appeal by the plaintiff, William Willett, Jr., from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Kings County Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 26th day of May, 1914, denying his motion for a peremptory writ of mandamus.

1Opinion of the Court

Burr, J.:

Two questions are presented upon this appeal: First, was it the duty of the county clerk of Kings county to transmit to the clerk of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court a certified copy of the notice of appeal, judgment roll and a transcript of the stenographer’s minutes of the proceedings upon the trial in the Criminal Term of the said Supreme Court of the action of People v. Willett, and, second, is he entitled to charge a fee for his services in connection therewith ?

Where an appeal is taken from a judgment of conviction obtained at a Criminal Term of the Supreme Court to…

2Cited by5 opinions

  1. Dean v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1981
  2. Willett v. DevoyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1915
  3. Cassidy v. DevoyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1914
  4. Cassidy v. DevoyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1914
  5. Gilmore v. City of New YorkAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1968

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