People ex rel. Czaki v. Coler
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the relator, Frederick M. Czaki, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 10th day of July, 1899, denying the relator’s application for a peremptory Or an alternative writ of mandamus.
1Opinion of the Court
Patterson, J.:
This is an appeal from an order denying the relator’s application for a writ of mandamus to compel the comptroller of the city of Yew York to pay certain moneys to which the relator,, as assignee of Mr. Ambrose H. Purdy, an attorney at law, claims to be entitled under an order made by one of the justices of the Supreme Court Under the following circumstances.:
One Michael McDonald was. brought to trial upon an indictment for the crime of. murder in the first degree. Mr. Purdy was assigned as counsel to defend him. The trial resulted in a conviction, and upon a proper presentation…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- People v. HeiselbetzAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
3Cited by3 opinions
- People ex rel. McAgoy v. PrendergastNew York Supreme Court · 1910
- People ex rel. Mullen v. ColerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901
- People v. MontgomeryAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905