O'Brien v. City of Niagara Falls
New York Supreme Court
Case submitted upon an agreed statement of facts.
1Opinion of the CourtPound, J.
The common council of the city of Niagara Falls has the power to investigate the management of all city offices and departments (City Charter, § 136), and such 'investigation may be conducted through the medium of a committee which is empowered to issue subpoenas and compel the attendance of witnesses. City Charter, §§ 136, 141.
In the exercise of this power, the common council at a *93regular meeting, held on the 7th day of October, 1907, adopted a resolution authorizing the president of the common council to appoint a committee to investigate “ the cause or causes of friction ” alleged to exist…
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