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People Ex Rel. Stevens v. . Hayt

New York Court of Appeals

Decided April 18, 1876PublishedCited by 14 opinions

These were appeals from orders of General Term which reversed orders of Special Term denying motions in each case that a mandamus issue. (Reported below, 7 Hun, 39.) By chapter 400, Laws of 1875, the town of Wappinger was created from a portion of the territory of the town of FishMll, the residue remaining and continuing as the town of FishMll.

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These were appeals from orders of General Term which reversed orders of Special Term denying motions in each case that a mandamus issue. (Reported below, 7 Hun, 39.) By chapter 400, Laws of 1875, the town of Wappinger was created from a portion of the territory of the town of FishMll, the residue remaining and continuing as the town of FishMll. It was provided (§ 2) that the town officers elected in the old town, “ should hold over and perform the duties of their respective offices ” for both towns, until the first Tuesday of March, 1876, when elections in each town were directed. In the…

1Per curiam

opinion for reversal of order of General Term, and affirmance of order of Special Term.

All concur.

Ordered accordingly.

2Cited by14 opinions

  1. Matter of Whitman. No. 1New York Court of Appeals · 1918
  2. People Ex Rel. Freer v. . Canal AppraisersNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
  3. People ex rel. Lindgren v. McGuireAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1912
  4. People v. KaplanNew York Supreme Court · 1921
  5. People ex rel. Broderick v. MortonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898

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