People ex rel. Bradley v. Stevens
New York Court of Appeals
This was an action, in the nature of a quo wa/rranto, brought to try the title of the office of president of thb Groton aqueduct board. The relator was nominated December 7th, 1866, by the mayor of the city of Eew York to the board of aldermen, to the office in question, and was confirmed by the board; whereupon he took the oath of office, and qualified as such president.
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This was an action, in the nature of a quo wa/rranto, brought to try the title of the office of president of thb Groton aqueduct board. The relator was nominated December 7th, 1866, by the mayor of the city of Eew York to the board of aldermen, to the office in question, and was confirmed by the board; whereupon he took the oath of office, and qualified as such president. At the time of relator’s appointment the appellant was in possession of the office to which he had been appointed April 12, 1860, for the term of five years. In 1863 the legislature had enacted, in an act relative to the…
1Opinion of the CourtJames, J.
— This is a proceeding in the nature of a quo warranto, to determine the title to the office of president of the Groton aqueduct board.
The facts show that April 12th, 1860, the defendant was duly appointed president of the Croton aqueduct board, for the term of five years; that on the 3d of April, 1863, an act was passed extending the terms of the officers of that board four years" from the appointment of the (then) assistant commissioner, and until their successors were appointed and qualified; that one Darragh was, on said third day of April, the said assistant commissioner, and had been…
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