People ex rel. Hennessy v. Coler
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Bird S. Coler, as comptroller of the-city of New York, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at. the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 5th day of July, 1901, granting-the relator’s motion for a peremptory writ of madamus.
1Opinion of the Court
Hatch, J.:
The relator, Forbes J. Hennessy, an attorney and counselor at. law of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, was, by an instrument in writing, designated, retained and employed by the district attorney of New York county to assist in the trial of Samuel J. Kennedy upon an indictment for murder in the first degree. The-*218employment was approved by a justice of the Supreme Court, and the designation, with the approval thereof, was filed in the office of the clerk of that court.
After the trial a statement of relator’s claim for such services and for Iiis disbursements was presented…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- In Re the New York Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf & DumbNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
3Cited by2 opinions
- People ex rel. McIntyre v. ColerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901
- People v. MontgomeryAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905