People ex rel. Lynch v. Lennon
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the relators, James J. Lynch and another, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Westchester Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Westchester on the 26th day of October, 1911.-
1Opinion of the Court
Carr, J.:
This is an appeal from an Order of the Special Term, entered in Westchester county, denying the application of the relators for a writ of peremptory mandamus, The respondents Lennon and Curran are respectively the mayor and corporation counsel of the city of Yonkers. This city is governed in accordance with the provisions of chapter 55 of the Laws of 1909 (Consol. Laws, chap. 53), known- as the “Second Class Cities Law.” By section 55 of this statute it is made the duty of the mayor to execute on behalf of the city all contracts of the city and to affix thereto the city seal. By…
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