Castree v. Slingerland

The petitioner has applied for a peremptory mandamus order commanding the respondent, the treasurer of Saratoga county, to pay him, as one of the coroners of that county, his monthly salary at the rate of $1,500 per year. There is no dispute about the facts. A question of law only is involved.

*633Some time prior to 1904 the board of supervisors of Saratoga county, pursuant to the provisions of section 180, subdivision 1, of the County Law (as amd. by Laws of 1920, chap. 594), determined that there should be two coroners in that county. The term of office of a coroner is three years. The board of…