People ex rel. Long v. Board of Supervisors
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Certiorari issued out of the Supreme Court on the 13th day of April, 1905, directed to the board of supervisors of the county of Rockland, commanding said! board to certify and return to the office of the clerk of. the county of Rockland all .and singular its proceedings had in the matter of auditing the accounts of the relator as constable of the town of. Clarkstown under section 1-63 of the Town Law (Laws of 1890, chap. 569).
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, J.:. The relator presented two -accounts' to the town board of the. town of Clarkstown, county of Rockland, for fees claimed to have been earned by him, as a constable of said town in certain criminal proceedings in which the charge was. either- for public intoxication or disorderly conduct. • The -accounts- Were audited by .said board, certain items being allowed and others disallowed. Thereafter the relator appealed to the board of supervisors of the county -pursuant to section 163 of the Town Law. That body, after taking testimony, made the same disposition as the town board had…
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- Bennett v. . Van SyckelNew York Court of Appeals · 1859
- People ex rel. Morrison v. Board of SupervisorsNew York Supreme Court · 1890
- People ex rel. Haerle v. Board of SupervisorsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
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- In re the City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1915