People Ex Rel. Steinson v. . Bd. of Education
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered August 17, 1897, affirming an order of Special Term denying a motion for a peremptory writ of mandamus. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The relator has not been guilty of laches ; a mistake of remedy is not laches. (12 Am. & Eng.
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Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered August 17, 1897, affirming an order of Special Term denying a motion for a peremptory writ of mandamus. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The relator has not been guilty of laches ; a mistake of remedy is not laches. (12 Am. & Eng. Ency. of Law, 533, 558; Boardman v. L. S. & M. S. R. Co., 84 N. Y. 157; Cox v. Stokes, 156 N. Y. 491; Matter of Taxpayers, 157 N. Y. 78; P. Railroad v. M. P. R. Co., 111 U. S. 505 ; Comins v. Culver, 35 N. J. Eq. 94; Monroe v.…
1Opinion of the CourtGray, J.
The relator applied to the Special Term for a peremptory writ of mandamus, commanding the respondent to reinstate him in his position as teacher in the public schools in the city of 17ew York. The application was denied and the order thereupon entered was affirmed at the Appellate Division.
It appears that, in 1886, the relator received a certificate from the state superintendent of public instruction authorizing him to teach in any public school within this state. Subsequently, there was issued to him by the city superintendent of schools in the city of New York a provisional license, to…
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