People ex rel. Milliken v. Commissioners of Almshouse of Newburgh
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from special term, Orange county. Application for mandamus on the relation of John N. Milliken to compel the commissioners of the almshouse of the city and town of Newburgh to appoint relator superintendent of the poor, as an honorably discharged "Union soldier. Writ denied.
1Opinion of the CourtDykman, J.
This is an appeal from an order directing the issuance of a peremptory writ'of mandamus commanding the appellants to appoint the relator superintendent of the poor of the city and town of Newburgh. The order of the special term was based upon an affidavit of the relator, which stated that he was an honorably discharged Union soldier, residing at the city of Newburgh, and on the 4th day of-April, 1892, he filed with the commissioners of the almshouse an application for the appointment of superintendent of the almshouse of that city and town; that on the 5th day of April, 1892, at a regular…
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