Neville v. Board of Health
New York Supreme Court
At chambers. Proceeding on the petition of Timothy F. Neville for an order to compel the bureau of vital statistics of a department of the city government of New York to permit petitioner to inspect the records •of deaths kept therein. Order granted. The petition for the order was as follows; “Your petitioner respectfully shows that he is a citizen and taxpayer of the city of New York. That he has also been for over twenty years a counselor of the supreme court.
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At chambers. Proceeding on the petition of Timothy F. Neville for an order to compel the bureau of vital statistics of a department of the city government of New York to permit petitioner to inspect the records •of deaths kept therein. Order granted. The petition for the order was as follows; “Your petitioner respectfully shows that he is a citizen and taxpayer of the city of New York. That he has also been for over twenty years a counselor of the supreme court. That, in connection with a certain matter which your petitioner has been professionally employed to prosecute, it is necessary for…
1Opinion of the CourtBeach, J.
The consolidation act (section 50)1 fully covers this application favorably to the petitioner. Motion granted.
Consolidation Act, (Laws 1883, c. 410,) § 50, provides that all books and papers in any department or bureau of the city government of New York, except the police department, shall at all times be open to the inspection of any taxpayer, subject to any reasonable rules and regulations in regard to the .time and manner of such inspection as such department or bureau may make in regard to the same in order to secure the safety of such books and papers, and the proper use of them by the…
2Cited by1 opinion
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