People ex rel. Ziegler v. Collis
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Charles H. T. Collis, as commissioner of public works 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 13th. day of February, 1897, granting a peremptory writ of mandamus.
1Opinion of the Court
Parker, J.:
The relator made application to the Special Term for a peremptory writ of mandamus requiring the commissioner of public works to issue to him a permit authorizing the taking up of the covering over the vaults in front of his premises, which included a portion of the carriageway, to bridge such opening during the progress of the work, and, after completion, to recover it in the manner provided by law. Application was made to the commissioner of public works in the first instance for a permit to do this work, but it was refused unless the applicant would pay for the permit at the…
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