People ex rel. Goodwin v. Coler
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the relator, Henry T. Goodwin, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Eichmond Special Term and entered in the office of the clérk of the county of Eichmond on the 11th day of November, 1899, denying his application for a peremptory writ of mandamus requiring fife defendant to audit and adjust thé' relator’s claim against the city of New York.
1Opinion of the Court
Willard Bartlett, J:
Before the formation of the present city of New York a coroner in the county of Eichmond was empowered to employ not more than two competent surgeons to make post mortepro examinations and dissections (Chap. 833, Laws of 1873, as amd. by chap. 535, *493Laws of 1874). The statute declared that the compensation for the services thus rendered should be a county charge. According to the affidavit of the relator in this proceeding, he was employed tinder the statute cited in the year 1896 by one John T. Oates, a coroner in the county of Bielimond, and madeywszi mortem examinations,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- People ex rel. Beck v. ColerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
- Kennedy v. County of QueensAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900
- Albrecht v. Queens CountyNew York Supreme Court · 1895
- MacDonald v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
3Cited by6 opinions
- Lattin v. Town of Oyster BayNew York Supreme Court · 1901
- Vacheron v. City of New YorkNew York Supreme Court · 1901
- New York Catholic Protectory v. Rockland CountyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1913
- People ex rel. Martin, Bing & Co. v. County of WestchesterAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900
- People ex rel. Dady v. ColerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902
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