People ex rel. Dee v. Backus
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the relator, John Dee, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Kings County Special Term, bearing date the 22d day of October, 1896, and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings, denying his motion for a peremptory writ of mandamus requiring the defendant to place his name upon the pay roll of his office, as a county detective.
1Opinion of the Court
Hatch, J.:
The relator was appointed to an office known as “ county detective ” by virtue of chapter 1.05, Laws of 1892, which created such office, and he was continued therein in connection with the district attorney’s office until 1892, when the Legislature passed an act (Chap. 772, Laws of 1896) which repealed the former law. Ho question is raised hut that the law of 1892 was repealed hy the terms of the later act and that its apparent effect is to discontinue the relator’s office,, and to substitute therefor the provisions of law' which authorized the present district attorney to make…
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