People Ex Rel. Port Chester Savings Bank v. Cromwell
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from order of the General Term oi the Supreme Court, in the second judicial department, made December 15, 1885, which reversed an order of Special Term denying an application for a peremptory writ of mandamus, and which directed the issuing of such a writ as prayed for by the relator commanding defendant, as treasurer of the county of Westchester, to pay to the relator the sum of $521.50, the amount of certain coupons for interest upon bonds issued by said county.
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Appeal from order of the General Term oi the Supreme Court, in the second judicial department, made December 15, 1885, which reversed an order of Special Term denying an application for a peremptory writ of mandamus, and which directed the issuing of such a writ as prayed for by the relator commanding defendant, as treasurer of the county of Westchester, to pay to the relator the sum of $521.50, the amount of certain coupons for interest upon bonds issued by said county. (Reported below, 38 Hun, 384.) The material facts are stated in the opinion. As the application was for a peremptory…
1Opinion of the Court
Ruger, Ch. J.
Ixx the consideration of this appeal, the defendant is entitled'to have the facts determined, in accordance witli the relation thereof, contained in his opposing affidavits. The statements of the affidavits are conflicting, and as the relator, notwithstanding that fact, still demanded a peremptory mandamus, it could only be granted upon the assumption that there were no disputed facts. Its action was1 equivalent to a demurrer to the case presented by the opposing affidavits, and the question thus presented must be determined upon the assumption of their truth. (People v.…
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