Greene v. Knox
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, Edward A. Gaus and others, from an interlocutory judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 11th day of January, 1902, upon the decision of the court, rendered after a trial at the Kings County Special Term, overruling the demurrers of certain defendants to the complaint.
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J.:
The plaintiff brings, this action as a taxpayer under the provisions of section 1925 of the Code of Civil Procedure against Charles H. Knox, William N. Dykman and Alexander T; Mason, as civil service commissioners of the city of New York; Bird S. Coler, as comptroller of the city of New York; Michael C. Murphy, as police commissioner of the city of New York, and Edward A, Gaus, James Gannon and John J. Lantry, as police captains, and demands judgment that the "promotion and appointment of the defendants Edward A. Gaus, James Gannon and John J. Lantry, as captains in the police…
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