People ex rel. Allison v. Board of Education
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The Beard of Education of the City of New York, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 13th day. of January, 1898, granting a peremptory writ of mandamus requiring the defendant to make requisition upon the comptroller for the payment of two bills presented to it by the relator.
1Opinion of the Court
Rumsey, J.:
In'the year 1896 proceedings were begun to take, for the purposes of the board of education, certain property situated in the city of New York. In pursuance of the authority granted by section 1 of chapter 393 of the Laws of 1896, the corporation counsel designated the relator to appear before the commissioners who were appointed in those proceedings and protect the interests of the city. Such appearance was had pursuant to the designation, and, after the proceedings had been terminated, the relator presented the bill for his fees in- each proceeding to the corporation counsel,…
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