In re Seeley
New York Supreme Court
Application for a writ of mandamus, either peremptory or alternative, commanding the above named county clerk, among other things, to use at the trial term of the Supreme Court, to be held in the county of Seneca on the first Monday of March, 1921, only the lists of names of grand and trial jurors that have or may be drawn from the north jury district of said county and to disregard the lists of jurors drawn from the entire county.
1Opinion of the CourtStephens, J.
At the opening of the argument, the county clerk announced through his counsel that he is an indifferent party to the proceeding and would yield submissively without contention to whatever directions might be given in the premises.
The board of supervisors, however, appeared by counsel in defense of its action that has given cause for this controversy.
This application challenges the validity of a resolution of the board of supervisors of Seneca county passed August 30, 1920, abolishing the two jury districts into which the county was divided by chapter 127 of the Laws of 1822 and providing…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Village of Carthage v. . FrederickNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
- People v. . JohnsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
- In Re People Ex Rel. DobsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1895
- Troy Press Co. v. Clerk of the Board of SupervisorsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904
- Lyon v. Board of SupervisorsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1906
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