Koch v. Mayor of New York
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered May-22, 1896, which affirmed a final judgment in favor of defendant entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term sustaining a demurrer to the complaint. This action was brought to recover three months’ salary alleged to be due the plaintiff as a police justice of the city of Mew York.
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Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered May-22, 1896, which affirmed a final judgment in favor of defendant entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term sustaining a demurrer to the complaint. This action was brought to recover three months’ salary alleged to be due the plaintiff as a police justice of the city of Mew York. The plaintiff alleged in his complaint that on the 4th of January, 1893, he was duly appointed a police justice of the city of Mew York by the mayor of that city for the term of ten…
1Opinion of the CourtVann, J.
On the 10th of May, 1895, the legislature of this state enacted that: “ From and after midnight of the thirtieth day of June, 1895, the office of police justice in the city and county of Kew York is abolished, and all power, authority, duties and jurisdiction then vested in the police justices in the said city and county of 17ew York, and in the courts held by them, including the Court of Special Sessions, and in the board of police justices, and in the clerks, deputy clerks, police clerks and ¡police clerks’ assistants, and in all other officers or employees of said justices or courts, or of…
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