People ex rel. Williamson v. Allen
New York Supreme Court
CERTIORARI to review proceedings instituted before the Hon. Geo. G. Barnard, under the provisions of the revised statutes, (1 B. S. 124,125,) to compel the delivery of books and papers by public officers to their successors.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Leonard, J.
Proceedings were instituted in May last, before the Hon. Geo. G. Barnard, one of the justices of this court, by Messrs. Allen, Purser and Wood-ruff, claiming to have been appointed to the office of commissioners of taxes, &c. against the relators here, Messrs. Williamson and Brown, who were before that time the incumbents, for the purpose of obtaining possession of the books and papers of the office, which the relators refused to surrender to the persons who had been so appointed. These proceedings resulted in an order directing the relators to deliver the books and…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Weed v. . TuckerNew York Court of Appeals · 1859
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