Legal Opinion

People ex rel. Donlon v. Board of Town Auditors

New York Supreme Court

Decided December 1, 1893PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Separate applications for writs of certiorari by John Donlon,. Michael J. Lynch, and John Cochran, respectively, to review an action of the board of town auditors of the town of Pelham in rejecting claims presented by relators for services rendered as highway commissioners of said town.

1Opinion of the CourtDykman, J.

These are proceedings by writ of certiorari to review the action of the board of town auditors of the town of Pelham, in Westchester county, by which the claims of these three relators for services as commissioners of highways of that town were disallowed and rejected. The facts upon which our decision must be based are undisputed. These relators each presented a bill to the board of town auditors for services as commissioners of highways. Those bills specified the date when the services were claimed to have been rendered, and the charge for each day, but did not specify the particular…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Osterhoudt v. . RigneyNew York Court of Appeals · 1885
  2. People Ex Rel. Myers v. . BarnesNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
  3. People Ex Rel. McAleer v. . FrenchNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
  4. People ex rel. Myers v. BarnesNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
  5. People ex rel. Rice v. Board of Auditors of HannibalNew York Supreme Court · 1892

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. People Ex Rel. Hirschberg v. Board of SupervisorsNew York Court of Appeals · 1929
  2. People Ex Rel. Village of Brockport v. SutphinNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
  3. People ex rel. Caldwell v. Board of SupervisorsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
  4. People ex rel. Jonas v. Board of Town AuditorsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900
  5. People ex rel. McMillen v. VanderpoelAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898

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