Legal Opinion

People ex rel. Haerle v. Board of Supervisors

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

Decided July 1, 1898PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Certiorari issued out of the Supreme Court and attested on the 28th day of January, 1897, directed to the board of supervisors of the county of Rockland, commanding them to certify and return to the office of the clerk of the county of Rockland all and singular their proceedings in disallowing the claim of the relator for services alleged to have been performed by him as justice of the peace of the town of Clarkstown, in the county of Rockland, for the years 1894 and 1895,…

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Certiorari issued out of the Supreme Court and attested on the 28th day of January, 1897, directed to the board of supervisors of the county of Rockland, commanding them to certify and return to the office of the clerk of the county of Rockland all and singular their proceedings in disallowing the claim of the relator for services alleged to have been performed by him as justice of the peace of the town of Clarkstown, in the county of Rockland, for the years 1894 and 1895, amounting to $323.85.

1Opinion of the Court

Hatch, J.:

It appears without dispute that the relator, as a magistrate of the town of Clarkstown for the years 1894 and 1895, presented a bill for services rendered as such magistrate for such years, to the town board sitting as a board of audit, in the year 1895. The amount of such bill as then presented was $643.70. The board proceeded to andit said bill and allowed specified items thereof, which it stated as the result of the audit, amounted to $39.45 in the aggregate, and rejected the remainder of the bill. Subsequently the board of audit passed a resolution authorizing the relator to…

2Cited by2 opinions

  1. People ex rel. Jonas v. Board of Town AuditorsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900
  2. People ex rel. Long v. Board of SupervisorsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1907

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