In re Burger
New York Supreme Court
Tras was an application for a writ of mandamus to compel the board of elections of the city of Brooklyn to receive the certificate of nomination of coroners for the borough of Brooklyn.
1Opinion of the CourtGaynor, J.
Coroners have heretofore been elected in Kings county under chapter 124 of the Laws of 1858, as amended by chapter 446 of the Laws of 1862. This act provided for the election of two coroners whose terms should be for three years. By section 3 of article 12 of the new State Constitution, which went into effect on January 1, 1895, it was provided that the term of such coroners thereafter elected should expire at the end of an odd-numbered year. To conform to this the term had to be changed to two years or some mutiple thereof. The two coroners now in office were, thereafter elected at the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1895
- People Ex Rel. Fowler v. BullNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
- People Ex Rel. Angerstein v. KenneyNew York Court of Appeals · 1884
- People Ex Rel. Lovett v. . RandallNew York Court of Appeals · 1897
- Warren v. Mayor of CharlestownMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1854
3Cited by1 opinion
- Lane v. TiltonNew York Supreme Court · 1904