People Ex Rel. Fiedler v. Mead

This is an appeal from the judgment of the General Term affirming a judgment of the Special Term denying a writ of mandamus. The alternative writ was issued in September, 1856, and the issues of fact framed were tried at the Cayuga Circuit in January 1858, before Mr. Justice WELLES who directed judgment for the plaintiff. The judgment was affirmed at the General Term, but on appeal to this court was reversed. The cause was re-tried at the Cayuga Circuit in 1863, before Mr. Justice WELLES without a jury, and the justice rendered judgment in favor of the defendants, which, on appeal, was…