In re the Brooklyn Public Library
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by Charles L. Craig, as comptroller of the city of New York, from a peremptory mandamus order of the Supreme Court, made at the Kings Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 29th day of December, 1921, requiring the appellant forthwith to audit and approve the payroll of the employees of the Brooklyn Public Library for the month of January, 1921, in the form and amount theretofore submitted to him, showing the moneys needed to…
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Appeal by Charles L. Craig, as comptroller of the city of New York, from a peremptory mandamus order of the Supreme Court, made at the Kings Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 29th day of December, 1921, requiring the appellant forthwith to audit and approve the payroll of the employees of the Brooklyn Public Library for the month of January, 1921, in the form and amount theretofore submitted to him, showing the moneys needed to pay the administrative expenses of said library for said month and to prepare the necessary warrant for the amount…
1Opinion of the Court
The following is the opinion delivered at Special Term:
Kelby, J.:
Application for a peremptory mandamus order directing the comptroller of the city of New York forthwith to audit and approve the payroll of the employees of the Brooklyn Public Library for the month of January, 1921, in the form and amount heretofore submitted to him; showing the moneys needed to pay the administrative expenses of said library for said month, and to prepare the necessary warrant for the amount thereof, and to do all other acts necessary to pay to the petitioner the said sum out of the moneys appropriated for its…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Matter of Flaherty v. . CraigNew York Court of Appeals · 1919
- People ex rel. College of New York v. HylanNew York Supreme Court · 1921
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