Zacharkow v. Berry

Stephen Zacharkow, as president of S. Zacharkow, Inc., dealer in school furniture, brought this proceeding for a peremptory order of mandamus directing Charles W. Berry, the defendant herein, as comptroller of the city of New York, to countersign certain audits presented to him in order that the claim of the petitioner may be paid.

The petition alleges that from January to June, 1931, the board of education let contracts on open market orders which were awarded to the petitioner; that the petitioner duly entered upon the performance of such contracts and properly complied with all the terms,…