Schultze v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The City of New York, from, a judgment of thé Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 12th day of December, 1911, upon the. verdict of a jury, also from so much of an order entered in said clerk’s office on the. 9th day of October, 1911, as grants the plaintiffs motion for interest, and also from an order entered on the 20th day of October, 1911, denying the defendant’s motion for a…
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Appeal by the defendant, The City of New York, from, a judgment of thé Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 12th day of December, 1911, upon the. verdict of a jury, also from so much of an order entered in said clerk’s office on the. 9th day of October, 1911, as grants the plaintiffs motion for interest, and also from an order entered on the 20th day of October, 1911, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Ingraham, P. J,:
The coroners in the city of New York are classed under section 1570 of the charter (Laws of 1901, chap. 466) as borough officers. In the case of People ex rel. Burger v. Blair (21 App. Div. 213; affd. on opinion below, 154 N. Y. 734) the status of coroners was determined and it was held that" by the enactment of the charter (Laws of 1897, chap. 378) the office of county coroner was abolished and borough officers elected under its provisions were vested with the powers and jurisdiction theretofore exercised by the county coroners; that the borough coroners are city officers.…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Smith v. . City of AlbanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1875
- Beebe v. Board of Sup'rsNew York Supreme Court · 1892
- People ex rel. Burger v. BlairAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897
- People ex rel. Hillman v. ScholerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904
- People Ex Rel. Hillman v. . ScholerNew York Court of Appeals · 1904
3Cited by3 opinions
- Seaman v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1916
- Matter of Senior v. . BoyleNew York Court of Appeals · 1917
- McGuire v. PrendergastNew York Supreme Court · 1915