People ex rel. Conlin v. Village of Dobbs Ferry
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the relator, John Conlin, 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 Westchester on the 31st day of May, 1901, denying his' motion for a peremptory writ of mandamus.
1Opinion of the Court
"CrOODBIOH, P. J. :
It appears, though somewhat obscurely, that the relator held the , position of street commissioner of the village of Dobbs Ferry for *277the year ending March 25, 1901. In his petition he alleges that on that day he applied to-the respondents, composing the village board, “for its appointment of him as street commissioner for said defendant village, in whom the appointment to such office of street commissioner is vested by said village law.” The board refused to appoint him and appointed Michael J. Francis to the office, and he applied for a peremptory writ of mandamus…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- People ex rel. Ballou v. WendellNew York Supreme Court · 1890
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