In re Leich
New York Supreme Court
This was a motion to vacate an order made by Mr. Justice Gray-nor under section 1534 of the charter of the city of Hew York (L. 1897, ch. 378) for the examination of the mayor, the commissioners of docks, and others on the ground that the said section was unconstitutional.
1Opinion of the Court
Gtaynob, J.:
This statute was passed to help the rent payers and taxpayers of the city to keep watch on the conduct of their officials, and in the hope of enabling them by publicity to prevent official betrayals of trust which had come to be so persistent and *672common, and were so low, base, vulgar and heartless as to make many believe that we had reached an era when the permanent decay of our civilization had set in. This purpose and origin of the statute needs to be recalled in order to show the light and favor in which it should be interpreted. It should not be narrowed in its scope; nor…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Counselman v. HitchcockSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- People Ex Rel. Taylor v. . ForbesNew York Court of Appeals · 1894
- People Ex Rel. Hackley v. KellyNew York Court of Appeals · 1861
- Skinner v. SteeleNew York Supreme Court · 1895
- In re Attorney-GeneralAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897
3Cited by11 opinions
- United States v. KimballU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1902
- People v. CahillAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1908
- Green v. GiulianiNew York Supreme Court · 2000
- In re Summary Inquiry into the Use of Property of the City of New YorkNew York Supreme Court · 1942
- Greenfield v. QuillNew York Supreme Court · 1946
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