Legal Opinion

Matter of People Ex Rel. Rea v. . Prendergast

New York Court of Appeals

Decided June 15, 1917PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in .the second judicial department, entered May 11, 1917, which affirmed an order of Special Term granting a motion for a peremptory writ of mandamus to compel the defendant to audit certain bills for stenographic services rendered by the petitioner on the trial of the case of People against Grout in the County Court of Kings county.

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Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in .the second judicial department, entered May 11, 1917, which affirmed an order of Special Term granting a motion for a peremptory writ of mandamus to compel the defendant to audit certain bills for stenographic services rendered by the petitioner on the trial of the case of People against Grout in the County Court of Kings county. The trial was an exceedingly lengthy one, and during the course of it the judge who presided, acting under section 300 of the Judiciary-Law, directed the petitioner herein to furnish him each day…

1Opinion of the Court

Order affirmed, with costs; no opinion.

Concur: Hiscock, Ch. J., Chase, Collin, Cardozo, Pound, McLaughlin and Crane, JJ,

2Cited by2 opinions

  1. People v. Little, New York County Courts1977
  2. In re the People ex rel. CantorAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1922

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