People ex rel. Long v. Board of Supervisors
New York Supreme Court
Hearing upon a demurrer to an alternative writ of mandamus to compel the board of supervisors of Westchester county to audit a claim of the relator for services rendered while superintendent of the poor in conveying poor, indigent and sick persons to State institutions.
1Opinion of the CourtTompkins, J.
This is a demurrer to a return to an alternative writ of mandamus which commanded the board of supervisors of the county of Westchester to audit the relator’s claim, as superintendent of the poor of said county, for con*228veying persons from said county to State institutions, at the rates fixed by a resolution adopted by the board of supervisors of said county in the year 1903, or that said board of supervisors show cause, etc., and make return to the said writ. The demurrer is on the ground that the return is insufficient in law upon the face thereof. The return to the alternative writ of…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- People ex rel. Caldwell v. Board of SupervisorsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
- People ex rel. Keeffe v. Board of Town Auditors of QueensburyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898