People v. Tweed
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from an order overruling demurrer to the complaint. This action was brought by the People of the State of New York, by Marshall B. Champlain, their attorney-general, as plaintiffs, against William M. Tweed, Elbert A. Woodward, James H. Ingersoll and Andrew J. Garvey, to recover of the defendants the sum of six million three hundred and twelve thousand dollars, which, it is alleged, the defendants wrongfully obtained from the county treasurer of the county of New York,…
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Appeal from an order overruling demurrer to the complaint. This action was brought by the People of the State of New York, by Marshall B. Champlain, their attorney-general, as plaintiffs, against William M. Tweed, Elbert A. Woodward, James H. Ingersoll and Andrew J. Garvey, to recover of the defendants the sum of six million three hundred and twelve thousand dollars, which, it is alleged, the defendants wrongfully obtained from the county treasurer of the county of New York, and appropriated to their own use. Another action by the same plaintiffs against Richard B. Connolly, was heard at the…
1Opinion of the CourtMiller, P. J.
The money which the plaintiffs claim to recover in this action was realized under and by virtue of an act of the legislature of this State, entitled “An act to make further provision for the government of the county of New York,” passed on April 26, 1870 (1 Laws of 1870, ch. 382, p. 875).
By section 4 of said act it was provided, that “All liabilities against the county of New York, previous to the passage of this act, shall be audited by the mayor of the city of New York, the comptroller of the said city, and the then present president of the board of supervisors, and the amounts which are…
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