People ex rel. Tappin v. Cropsey
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the relator, John F. Tappin, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Kings County Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 20th day of July, 1914, denying his motion to vacate an order discontinuing certiorari proceedings.
1Opinion of the Court
Jenks, P. J.:
The relator, when dismissed the police force of the city of New York, obtained a writ of certiorari, to which return wás made. Before further proceedings he was in July, 1911, reinstated pursuant to section 1543a of the Greater New York charter. He entered upon his office and discharged its duties. Later, his counsel signed a stipulation, presented to him by the corporation counsel, for a discontinuance of the certiorari and a quashal of the writ, and upon such stipulation an order was entered at Special Term.' Later, the Supreme Court, in a taxpayer’s action, decided that the…
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- People ex rel. Joline v. WillcoxAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1908
- People ex rel. McNeary v. MacLeanNew York Supreme Court · 1892
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