People ex rel. Collins v. Ahearn
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Sepabate appeals by the defendants Greorge F. Scannell and George McAneny, as president, etc., from an order óf the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 8th day of April, 1911, substituting George McAneny, as president of the borough of Manhattan, in the "place and stead of and as successor to former borough presidents John F. Aheam and JohnCJIoughen in the first above-entitled proceeding and…
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Sepabate appeals by the defendants Greorge F. Scannell and George McAneny, as president, etc., from an order óf the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 8th day of April, 1911, substituting George McAneny, as president of the borough of Manhattan, in the "place and stead of and as successor to former borough presidents John F. Aheam and JohnCJIoughen in the first above-entitled proceeding and continuing said proceeding against said McAneny, as president of the borough of Manhattan and consolidating said…
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
The first proceeding is against Ahearn, as president of the borough of Manhattan, for the reinstatement of the relator to the position of head of the bureau of highways, and the appellant Scannell, who was appointed in his place, was joined as a respondent. Pending the proceeding Ahearn was removed from office and the proceeding abated. (People ex rel. Collins v. Ahearn, No. 1, 137 App. Div. 260, 265.) On the 21st day of December, 1909, the relator obtained an order continuing the *137proceeding against one Cloughen, Ahearn’s successor in office, and thereafter obtained a peremptory…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- People Ex Rel. La Chicotte v. . BestNew York Court of Appeals · 1907
- Mayor v. . CoffinNew York Court of Appeals · 1882
- People ex rel. Collins v. AhearnAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1910
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