Jensen v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the petitioner, A. Lawrence Jensen,, 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 18th ■day of July, 1899, denying his application for the appointment of a referee pursuant to chapter 700 of the Laws of 1899.
1Opinion of the Court
Willard Bartlett, J.:
This appeal involves the construction and constitutionality of chapter 700 of the Laws of, 1899, which became a-law on the twenty,*510fifth day of May in that year, with the approval of the Governor, having been passed by the Legislature when three-fifths of the members of each house were present. It is entitled “ An act to-provide for the defrayal of expenses of legal proceedings, paid or incurred by certain officers and officials of this state and of the cities and counties thereof.” The statute relates to two classes of claimants : (1) City and county officers, and (2)…
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