Haggerty v. City of New York

Crane, Ch. J.

The Constitution of the State of New York recognizes two classes of courts ■ — ■ constitutional courts, and inferior local courts of civil or criminal jurisdiction. The constitutional courts are those which are created or continued by the Constitution and, as to these, the Constitution gives certain power and jurisdiction as well as defining the nature and extent of the office. The inferior local courts are left to the creation, control and regulation of and by the Legislature.

Beginning with the judiciary article, in effect January 1, 1926, known as article VI of the…