People ex rel. Peterson v. Clark
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Certiorari issued out of the Supreme Court and attested on the 19th day of June, 1899,' directed to J. Thorn Clark, supervisor, and others, together comprising the town board of the town of Austerlitz, Columbia county, Hew York, requiring them to certify and return to the office of the clerk of the county of Columbia all and singular their proceedings had in reference to the examination, allowance and approval of the account of C. Robert Grant, as commissioner of highways of…
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Certiorari issued out of the Supreme Court and attested on the 19th day of June, 1899,' directed to J. Thorn Clark, supervisor, and others, together comprising the town board of the town of Austerlitz, Columbia county, Hew York, requiring them to certify and return to the office of the clerk of the county of Columbia all and singular their proceedings had in reference to the examination, allowance and approval of the account of C. Robert Grant, as commissioner of highways of the town of Austerlitz.
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam :
In pursuance of a resolution of the board of supervisors of the county of Columbia, passed at its annual session in the fall of 1898, the sum of $415 was levied and assessed upon the taxable property of the town of Austerlitz, in said county, for highway purposes, which sum was collected in January, 1899, and was paid over to C. Robert Grant, sole commissioner of highways of said town. The appropriation was applied to the payment of highway indebtedness incurred in the year preceding that for which said sum of $415 was raised for highway purposes.
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2Cases cited2 opinions
- People Ex Rel. Everett v. Board of SupervisorsNew York Court of Appeals · 1883
- People ex rel. Bevins v. Board of Sup'rsNew York Supreme Court · 1894
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