Legal Opinion
People ex rel. Kelly v. Scott
New York Supreme Court
Decided April 11, 1895Published
Certiorari by Thomas J. Kelly against George D. Scott and others, constituting the examining board of plumbers of the city of New York, to review the decision of the defendants in relation to the application of relator for a certificate of competency to conduct the business of a master plumber in said city.
1Opinion of the CourtFollett, J.
By chapter 602, Laws 1892, an “examining board of plumbers” is created in the cities of New York, Brooklyn, and Albany, and an “examining and supervising board of plumbers and plumbing” in all other cities of the state. By the fourth section of the act the powers and the duties of such boards are defined :
“Sec. 4. The several boards of examiners constituted under this act shall have power, and it shall be their duty: (1) Meetings. To meet at stated intervals- in their respective cities; they shall also meet whenever the board of health of such city or the mayor thereof shall, • in writing,…
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- Hughes v. . Sun Mutual Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1885