People ex rel. Gleason v. Scannell
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, John J. Scannell, as fire commissioner of the city of New York, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the relator, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Queens on the 3d day of April, 1900, upon the verdict of a jury rendered by direction of the court, determining the issues raised by the return to an alternative writ of mandamus theretofore issued in the proceeding, and also from a final order of the Supreme Court, made at…
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Appeal by the defendant, John J. Scannell, as fire commissioner of the city of New York, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the relator, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Queens on the 3d day of April, 1900, upon the verdict of a jury rendered by direction of the court, determining the issues raised by the return to an alternative writ of mandamus theretofore issued in the proceeding, and also from a final order of the Supreme Court, made at the Queens County Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Queens on the 20th day of March,…
1Opinion of the Court
Goodrich, P. J.:
We should content ourselves with an affirmance of the judgment -on the opinion of Mr. Justice Garretson, hereto appended,* except *402for the fact that the learned corporation- counsel raised on the argument of the appeal a new point for reversal, which does not appear to have been presented at the trial. He contended that “ the attempted appointments of members of.the Fire Department of Long Island, on and after November 24, 1897, were not made in *403good faith but were intended to embarrass and control the management of the Fire Department of the Greater City of New York, and were,…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- McDonald v. Mayor of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1876
- Terhune v. . Mayor, Etc., City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1882
- Walton v. Mayor of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
- Koelesch v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
- People ex rel. Lee v. GleasonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898