Legal Opinion

People ex rel. Williams v. Monroe County Court

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

Decided May 3, 1905Published

Certiorari by the people, on the relation of Samuel B. Williams, to review the action of the County Court of Monroe county in auditing the accounts of the relator, as treasurer of the city of Rochester, in connection with a sewer system of the city and the town of Gates.. Determination of County Court modified.

1Opinion of the CourtSpring, J.

Chapter 603, p. 1153, of the Laws of 1893, provided for the construction of a sewer, called the “West Side Sewer,” in three wards of the city of Rochester, and extending into the adjoining town of. Gates. The County Court of Monroe county, in compliance with the act, appointed three persons, who were constituted the commission to which were committed the entire matters pertaining to the construction of said sewer. Said act was amended by chapter 438, p. 788, Laws 1895, section 30 requiring the said commissioners, upon the completion of the sewer, to -turn over to the treasurer of said city…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Hatch v. MannCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1835
  2. Carpenter v. . TaylorNew York Court of Appeals · 1900
  3. People Ex Rel. Leet v. . KellerNew York Court of Appeals · 1898
  4. Merzbach v. Mayor, Aldermen & Commonalty of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1900
  5. People ex rel. New York University v. WellsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904

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