Corporation Counsel v. Smith

Involved in this case is the question whether an open commission may be granted to take the testimony of a nonresident witness for use in disciplinary proceedings affecting employees of the tax commission of the City of New York. Special Term allowed the commission, and the city employees who are the subjects of the disciplinary proceedings, appeal, contending that the court was without power to grant the application.

The allowance of the open commission should be sustained.

Five years ago the commissioner of investigation of the City of New York began an inquiry concerning bribery in the…