People ex rel. Hall v. Ford
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Certiorari issued out of the Supreme Court, and attested on the 10th day of February, 1908, directed to Sidney L. Ford and others, Democratic members of the board of supervisors of Greene county, etc., commanding them to certify and return to the office of the clerk of the county of Greene all and singular their proceedings had in relation to designating certain newspapers to publish the Session Laws and the concurrent resolutions of the Legislature required to be published…
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Certiorari issued out of the Supreme Court, and attested on the 10th day of February, 1908, directed to Sidney L. Ford and others, Democratic members of the board of supervisors of Greene county, etc., commanding them to certify and return to the office of the clerk of the county of Greene all and singular their proceedings had in relation to designating certain newspapers to publish the Session Laws and the concurrent resolutions of the Legislature required to be published for the year 1908.
1Opinion of the Court
Chester, J.:
The relators are the proprietors of a newspaper known as The Recorder, published in the village of Catskill. The respondents are the seven Democratic members of the board of supervisors of Greene county. In December, 1907, four of their number, being a majority, designated The Windham Jou/rnal, a newspaper published at Windham, to publish the Session Laws, required by law to be published for the year 1908, and also designated the Daily Mail, a newspaper published at Catskill, to publish the official canvass, election notices, ■ concurrent resolutions and other similar propositions…
2Cited by3 opinions
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- People ex rel. Crowe v. PeckNew York Supreme Court · 1914
- People ex rel. Republican & Journal Co. v. McCarthyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1909