People ex rel. Baumann v. Lyon

This is an application for a peremptory writ of mandamus, directed to Hon. John Lyon, as comptroller of the county of Nassau, directing him as such comptroller forthwith to countersign and approve for payment the order or warrant for $183, drawn by the clerk of the board of supervisors and countersigned by the chairman of said board, so that the claim of the petitioner for the services hereinafter mentioned may be paid by the treasurer of the county of Nassau.

There is no dispute as to the facts involved in the application, and they may be summarized as follows:

Some time in the latter part of…