People ex rel. Fairchild v. Commissioners of the Department of Fire & Buildings

At the special term, the proceedings of the commissioners in removing the relator from his office were affirmed, and the writ of certiorari was quashed, with ten dollars costs. At the- general term the order of the special term was affirmed, with ten dollars costs and disbursements. By virtue of these two orders the relator became liable to pay upwards of twenty dollars, and payment of that sum can now be enforced against his estate. If the decisions below were wrong, and the relator was improperly removed from office, and the orders below should be reversed, then upon their reversal the…