In re Monfort
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the petitioner, Henry A. Monfort, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Queens County Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Queens on the 3d day of October, 1902, denying an application for a peremptory writ of mandamus directing the comptroller of the city of New York to pay the petitioner’s claim.
1Opinion of the Court
Hirschberg, J.:
The relator was assigned as counsel to defend one Anderson on the trial of an indictment for murder in the first degree. After the indictment was finally disposed of, he was allowed by the court having jurisdiction the sum of $500 for his services, and the additional sum of $24.10 for his personal and incidental expenses, in pursuance of the provisions of section 308 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The comptroller of the city of New York refused to pay more than the sum of $514.10, claiming that the additional item of $10 was not allowed as a personal and incidental expense.…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- People ex rel. Cantwell v. ColerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901
- People Ex Rel. Cantwell v. . ColerNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
- People v. . BaroneNew York Court of Appeals · 1900
3Cited by7 opinions
- People ex rel. Van Zandt v. PrendergastAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1913
- People v. FernandezNew York Supreme Court · 1951
- People v. Scott, New York County Courts1959
- People v. Leach, New York County Courts1964
- Edwards v. PrendergastNew York Supreme Court · 1912
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