In re Weeks
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Certiorari issued out of the Supreme Court and attested on the 11th day of December, 1903, directed to Tredwell Abrams and others, composing the board of town auditors of the town of Hemp-stead, commanding them to certify and return to the clerk of the county of Nassau all and singular their proceedings had in rejecting a claim of the relator.
1Opinion of the Court
Jenks, J.:
■This is certiorari to review proceedings, decisions and actions of a board of town auditors upon a claim. The return shows that-on December 2, 1903, this claim was taken up for .consideration, and that, with the facts and matters before it, “ above referred to, the Board did not regard the information sufficient to warrant them in deciding that the amount of bill presented was a proper charge against the Town of Hempstead,” and that the bill was disallowed. But the return also shows that “ subsequently, and after being advised by counsel, and thinking that possibly the relator…
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