Melody v. Goodrich
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal, in tire first-entitled proceeding, from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered January 24. 1902, which reversed an order of Special Term committing the respondent herein to the Kings county jail until he delivered to the petitioner the hooks and papers belonging to the office of commissioner of jurors of Kings county.
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Appeal, in tire first-entitled proceeding, from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered January 24. 1902, which reversed an order of Special Term committing the respondent herein to the Kings county jail until he delivered to the petitioner the hooks and papers belonging to the office of commissioner of jurors of Kings county. Appeal, in the second-entitled proceeding, from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered January 24,1902, which affirmed an order of Special Term staying…
1Opinion of the CourtO’Brien, J.
The order from which this appeal was taken reversed an order of the Special Term, which directed that William E. Melody, then in possession of the office of commissioner of jurors of the county of Kings, be committed to the county jail until he should deliver to Jacob Brenner, the petitioner, the books and papers pertaining to that office, the latter claiming to have been appointed to the office under the provisions of chapter 602 of the Laws of 1901. The learned court below not only reversed the original order in favor of the petitioner, but denied his application for the books and papers.…
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