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Browning v. Adamson

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided December 15, 1916PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Appeal by Robert Adamson, as fire commissioner, from an order of the Superme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 21st day of August, 1916, directing the issuance of a peremptory writ of mandamus requiring him to rescind and to cancel a certain order.

1Opinion of the Court

Dowling, J.:

The relator is one of the owners of the premises known as Ho. 16 West Fifty-seventh street, in the borough of Manhattan, city of Hew York, occupied as a factory. On February 16, 1916, the deputy fire commissioner of the city of Hew York (duly authorized to make such orders by the fire commissioner) issued an order requiring the owners of said premises, within thirty days, among other things, to “provide an enclosure of approved fire retarding material around the light shaft at west side of building leading from 2nd story to roof. Plans and specifications in duplicate showing all…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. People v. . RichardsNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
  2. People v. . KayeNew York Court of Appeals · 1914
  3. Claim of Aylesworth v. Phœnix Cheese Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1915
  4. Lantry v. HoffmanAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1907
  5. United States v. IrwinU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Ohio · 1851

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. People v. One Hundred & Thirty-One Boerum Street Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1922
  2. Lyons v. PrinceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1939
  3. People v. One Hundred & Thirty-one Boerum Street Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1921
  4. United States Trust Co. v. BlakeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1921

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