Legal Opinion

People ex rel. Hoefle v. Cahill

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided January 25, 1907Published

.Appeal by the respondent, Matthew J. Cahill, as coroner, etc., from a.final order of the Supreme Court, made at the Richmond Special Term, and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Richmond on the 12th day of March, 1906.

1Opinion of the Court

Miller, J.:

This is an appeal from an order directing a peremptory writ of mandamus to compel the appellant to reinstate the relator to the position of clerk to the coroner in and for the borough of Richmond. The relator was appointed to said position pursuant to section 1571 .of the Greater New York charter (Laws of 1901, chap. 466) which gives the coroners in each borough power to appoint a ■clerk at an annual salary to be fixed by the board of estimate and apportionment and the board of aldermen. The relator was a mem*886her of a volunteer fire department at the time of- its disbandment, and…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. People Ex Rel. McLaughlin v. Board of Police CommissionersNew York Court of Appeals · 1903
  2. Steinson v. . Bd. of Education of N.Y.New York Court of Appeals · 1901
  3. O'Hara v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900
  4. O'Hara v. . City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
  5. Martin v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903

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