People ex rel. Cosby v. Robinson
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the relator, Wilbur C. C'osby, 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 30th day of Hovember, 1910.
1Opinion of the Court
Scott, J.:
This is an appeal from an order denying relator’s application for a peremptory writ of mandamus to compel the defendant, as commissioner of licenses, vto consent to a change of the location of the business of an employment agency for which the relator holds an unexpired license.. The business of employment agencies in cities is strictly regulated by law. (Laws of 1910, chap. 700, amdg. General Business Law [Consol. Laws, chap. 20; Laws of 1909, chap. 25], art. 11.) To carry on the business a person must take out an annual license and pay .a fee and the license may not be assigned or…
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