Pearce v. Stephens
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, John L.' Dailey and George M. Finney, Jr., from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Kings County Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Richmond on the 9th day of April, 1897, granting an injunction restraining the defendants from the performance of a duty devolved .upon them by chapter 108 of the Laws of 1897.
1Opinion of the Court
Hatch, J.:
Chapter 108 of the Laws of 1897 is an act to provide for the reorganization, regulation and maintenance of a police department for the county of Richmond. By virtue of its provisions, so far as material to the present controversy, the county of Richmond is continued a separate police district; the existing board of police commissioners cease, and their office determines upon the - appointment and qualification of the commissioners provided for by the act. The management and control of the police department is vested in two commissioners to be known as “ the police commissioners of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- People Ex Rel. City of Rochester v. BriggsNew York Court of Appeals · 1872
- Rathbone v. . WirthNew York Court of Appeals · 1896
- Rogers v. . Common Council of BuffaloNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
- C. C. Clark and Others v. . E. R. Stanley and OthersSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1872
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- Commisso v. MeekerNew York Court of Appeals · 1960
- Isereau v. StoneNew York Supreme Court · 1955
- Wilcox v. McClellanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905
- County of Ulster v. CSEA UnitNew York Supreme Court · 1970
- Opn. No., New York Attorney General Reports1980
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