People ex rel. Wren v. Goetting
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from special term, Kings county. Relator, George Wren, was in May, 1881, appointed clerk of the third district police court of the city of Brooklyn, and acted until May 1, 1889, when Adolph H. Goetting, who had been appointed justice of said court, and who took his seat upon that day, appointed, in the place and stead of the said relator, Bernard Degnan.
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Appeal from special term, Kings county. Relator, George Wren, was in May, 1881, appointed clerk of the third district police court of the city of Brooklyn, and acted until May 1, 1889, when Adolph H. Goetting, who had been appointed justice of said court, and who took his seat upon that day, appointed, in the place and stead of the said relator, Bernard Degnan. Relator, in his moving papers, set forth that he was an honorably discharged Union soldier of the war of the Rebellion, and claimed that, therefore, notwithstanding the action of Goetting as police justice, he was the clerk of said…
1Opinion of the CourtPratt, J.
We feel constrained to adopt the construction placed upon the statutes by the court below. In that view it is not necessary to write an opinion, as the views expressed by the learned justice cover all the questions that are raised. The judgment should be affirmed, on the opinion of Mr. Justice Oullbn, rendered at special term.
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